Factors influencing quantification of in vivo bioluminescence imaging: Application to assessment of pancreatic islet transplants

Molecular Imaging

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 333-342

  Virostko, John ^a   Chen, Zhongyi ^a   Fowler, Michael ^a   Poffenberger, Greg ^a   Powers, Alvin C ^a,b   Duco Jansen, E ^a,c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VA Tennessee Valley Hlthcare System   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioluminescence; Diabetes; Islet transplantation; Optical imaging; Quantification

Indexed keywords

DIABETES; ISLET TRANSPLANTATION; OPTICAL IMAGING; QUANTIFICATION;

DISEASES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL IMAGING; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; TISSUE; TRANSPLANTATION (SURGICAL);

BIOLUMINESCENCE;

FIREFLY LUCIFERASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; C57BL MOUSE; DBA MOUSE; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; GENETICS; LUMINESCENCE; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NONOBESE DIABETIC MOUSE; PANCREAS ISLET TRANSPLANTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REPORTER GENE; STATISTICS;

ANIMALS; GENES, REPORTER; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS TRANSPLANTATION; LUCIFERASES, FIREFLY; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; MICE, INBRED NOD; MICE, SCID; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC;

EID: 13844253863     PISSN: 15353508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/1535350042973508     Document Type: Article

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