Near infrared thoracoscopy of tumoral pr
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Jose-Luiz Figueiredo; Herlen Alencar; Ralph Weissleder; Umar Mahmood
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Article
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2006
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John Wiley and Sons
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French
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## Abstract Improvement in tumor detection using βsmartβ probes in combination with microcatheter fluorescence thoracoscopy was evaluated in a mouse model. These imaging probes increase in fluorescence intensity after protease activation; cathepsin B is a major activator of the probes used in this