Beyond Navigation - Tissue-contacting Fluorescent Lifetime Imaging reveals a pathology-linked lung cancer phenotype at the point of biopsy
Joel T. Collins, Qiang Wang, Gareth O. S. Williams, Hazel L Stewart, Harry A. C. Wood, Charlotte Parry, Caitlin M. Toogood, Annya M. Bruce, Vikki Young, Anne M. Moore, David A. Dorward, Adam D. L. Marshall, Antonella Pellicoro, Lewis Bain, Ahsan R. Akram, , James M. Stone
The paper validates a tumour-associated phenotype identified by FLIM in lung cancer biopsies, showing it is reproducible across imaging systems and distinguishable from normal tissue.
bioRxiv · Aug 24, 2026 · PreprintCancer Biology