High-throughput magnetic resonance imaging in mice for phenotyping and therapeutic evaluation

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 413-420

  McConville, Patrick ^a   Moody, Jonathan B ^a   Moffat, Bradford A ^b  

^a MIR Preclinical Services   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ANIMAL; AUTOANALYSIS; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; EXPERIMENTAL THERAPY; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LABORATORY; MAGNET; MAGNETIC FIELD; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOFREQUENCY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICE; PHENOTYPE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 22544446788     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2005.06.004     Document Type: Review

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