Table 1 Summary of experiment: number of animals and MRI-identified irradiated metastases for the acute and longitudinal study
Study | Group | Number of Mice | Minimum number of tumors visualized on MR | Dose (Gy) | Dissection after radiation therapy | |
Irradiated | Shielded | |||||
Acute (dissection after 30 min) | A | 3 | 90 | 90 | 8 | 30 minutes |
B | 3 | 90 | 90 | 16 | 30 minutes | |
C | 4 | 120 | 120 | 24 | 30 minutes | |
Number of tumors tracked on longitudinal MR | ||||||
Irradiated | Shielded | |||||
Longitudinal (dissection 11 days) | A | 3 | 68 | 85 | 16 | 11 days |
B | 3 | 49 | 60 | 24 | 11 days | |