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ArticleJournal of visualized experiments : JoVE2016

Diffuse Optical Spectroscopy for the Quantitative Assessment of Acute Ionizing Radiation Induced Skin Toxicity Using a Mouse Model.

Lee Chin, Elina Korpela, Anthony Kim, Darren Yohan, Carolyn Niu, Brian C Wilson, Stanley K Liu

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Article in Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Lee ChinDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto; Department of Physics, Ryerson University; lee.chin@sunnybrook.ca.
Elina KorpelaDepartment of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto.
Anthony KimDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto.
Darren YohanDepartment of Physics, Ryerson University.
Carolyn NiuOntario Cancer Institute / Campbell Family Institute for Cancer Research.
Brian C WilsonDepartment of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto.
Stanley K LiuDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto; Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto.
University of Toronto · CAToronto Metropolitan University · CAOntario Institute for Cancer Research · CA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acute skin toxicities from ionizing radiation (IR) are a common side effect from therapeutic courses of external beam radiation therapy (RT) and negatively impact patient quality of life and long term survival. Advances in the understanding of the biological pathways associated with normal tissue toxicities have allowed for the development of interventional drugs, however, current response studies are limited by a lack of quantitative metrics for assessing the severity of skin reactions. Here we present a diffuse optical spectroscopic (DOS) approach that provides quantitative optical biomarkers of skin response to radiation. We describe the instrumentation design of the DOS system as well as the inversion algorithm for extracting the optical parameters. Finally, to demonstrate clinical utility, we present representative data from a pre-clinical mouse model of radiation induced erythema and compare the results with a commonly employed visual scoring. The described DOS method offers an objective, high through-put evaluation of skin toxicity via functional response that is translatable to the clinical setting.

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AnimalsDisease Models, AnimalErythemaMiceQuality of LifeRadiation, IonizingRadiodermatitisSkinSpectrum Analysis

Identifiers

PMID27284926
PMCPMC4927719
OpenAlexW2397484741

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