Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say they have developed something akin to a ‘Google Maps’ approach for more accurately computing and visualizing the structural and functional blood vessel changes needed for tumor growth. By pairing high-quality 3D imaging data of tumor specimens from animal models with sophisticated mathematical formulas, the researchers say they now have a model that accurately represents blood traffic inside tumors, including the complex blood flow, oxygenation and structural changes that occur.
Source: EurekaAlert, https://www.eurekalert.org