Table 1 Summary of PDT effects on CT26 tumours.

From: Photodynamic therapy monitoring with optical coherence angiography

Animal number

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

Photobleaching, %

75

80

77

73

74

77

57

74

76

71

62

Disappearance time on MML-OCA (hrs)

0

0

0

6

6

24

24

24

24

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Microvascular damage (histology) 1

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

W

W

Viable tumour cells, % (histology)

0

0

0

0

2

0

0

20

60

85

97

TGI, % (tumour volume metric)

159

152

165

156

163

147

157

142

135

97

81

  1. aClassified as severe S (>30% of the vessels exhibited vessel wall damage) or weak W (<30% of the vessels exhibited vessel wall damage). See text for details.