For image-guided surgery, 48 h after intravenous injection of IR808-DOTA
(100 μL, 10 μg) into tumor-bearing nude mice, tumor resection
was guided by NIRF imaging.
For lymphatic mapping, tumor-bearing
mice were intradermally injected with IR808-DOTA (10 μL, 1 μg)
on the hind footpad. Lymphatic drainage
and sentinel lymph node imaging were carried out 30 min later.