… of the lymphatic system. In this review article, we discuss the role lymphatic imaging techniques
have played in this recent series of advancements and how new imaging techniques can …

… lymph imaging as a new method to sensitively image lymph vasculature and quantitatively
assess lymph function … The feasibility of NIR fluorescence lymph imaging is demonstrated in a …

… growth factors and lymphangiogenesis in the spread of tumors through lymphatic vessels.
We will then introduce the imaging techniques that have been developed for lymphatic and …

… are limited to lymphatic imaging modalities employed for whole-animal or patient imaging that
… USPIO particles disseminate to lymph nodes via two mechanisms: (a) direct transcapillary …

… of the molecular mechanisms of lymphangiogenesis and lymphatic spread of tumors offer
the opportunity for more targeted imaging of the lymphatic system. Additionally, these imaging …

… poor understanding of lymphatic flow pathophysiology because of a lack of a simple reliable
noninvasive clinical lymphatic imaging method. This lack of clinical imaging has limited the …

… The establishment of new, near-infrared tracers for the quantitative, noninvasive, in vivo
imaging of lymphatic vessel function now provides the opportunity to study lymphatic function as …

… in vivo hemovascular imaging, lymphatics imaging has been … ability to image lymph flow,
lymph nodes, lymphatic function, … on the mechanisms underlying lymphatic development and …

… the lymphatic circulatory system in disease and to devising effective therapeutic strategies.
Longitudinal, non-destructive, and repeated imaging … in in vivo lymphatic imaging employing …

… Although the exact mechanism is not clear, it is well taken that the lymphatics has
advantages over the blood circulation for tumor metastasis, possibly due to the large cavity of …