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Concurrent tracking of anatomy and metabolism

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The combination of ultrafast ultrasound and positron emission tomography–computed tomography enables the simultaneous 3D imaging of anatomy and metabolism at high resolution.

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Fig. 1: Phenotyping in vivo subcutaneous tumour xenografts via the combination of FDG-PET and ultrafast ultrasound (power Doppler).
Fig. 2: Multi-parametric intravital-microscopy analysis of the vascular network of a 4T1 tumour in a BALB/c mouse seen through a skinfold window chamber.

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