Localized compliance of small airways in excised rat lungs using microfocal X-ray computed tomography

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1665-1673

  Sera, Toshihiro ^a,c   Fujioka, Hideki ^d   Yokota, Hideo ^b   Makinouchi, Akitake ^b   Himeno, Ryutaro ^b   Schroter, Robert C ^e   Tanishita, Kazuo ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Morphometry change; Soft tissue; Surface tension; Tissue elasticity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; HYSTERESIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT; LUNG COMPLIANCE; MALE; MICROFOCAL X RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SURFACE TENSION;

ANIMALS; BRONCHI; BRONCHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXHALATION; FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INHALATION; LUNG COMPLIANCE; MALE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY;

EID: 2342544154     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00624.2003     Document Type: Article

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