A compact respiratory-triggering device for routine microimaging of laboratory mice

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1343-1348

  Minard, Kevin R ^a   Wind, Robert A ^a   Phelps, Robyn L ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Battelle Columbus Lab   (United States)

Author keywords

Artifacts; Mice; Motion; MRI; Respiratory Triggering

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LUNG FUNCTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY AIRFLOW;

EID: 0031726187     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.1880080626     Document Type: Article

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