Visualisation of intramural coronary vasculature by an imaging cryomicrotome suggests compartmentalisation of myocardial perfusion areas

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 431-435

  Spaan, J A E ^a,b   Siebes, M ^a,b   ter Wee, R ^a,b   Kolyva, C ^a,b   van Teeffelen, J W G E ^a,b   Vink, H ^a,b   Fokkema, D S ^a,b   Streekstra, G ^a,b   VanBavel, E ^a,b  

^a Laboratory for Physiology   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coronary circulation; Coronary tree; Cryomicrotome; Vascular visualisation

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; BLOOD VESSELS; CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; TISSUE; VISUALIZATION;

CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY TREE; CRYOMICROTOME; VASCULAR VISUALISATION;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

PLASTIC;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FLUORESCENCE; FROZEN SECTION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROTOME; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THICKNESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE SLICE;

ANIMALS; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY VESSELS; CRYOPRESERVATION; GOATS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 27744474715     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02344722     Document Type: Article

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