Optimization of retrospective respiratory-gated high speed micro-CT for free-breathing mice

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6143 I, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Ford, Nancy L ^a   Detombe, Sarah ^a   Wheatley, Andrew ^a   Holdsworth, David W ^a,b   Drangova, Maria ^a,b  

^a ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lung physiology; Optimization; Retrospective respiratory gating; Small animal imaging; Volume micro computed tomography

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MOTION ESTIMATION; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PHYSIOLOGY;

LUNG PHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE RESPIRATORY GATING; SMALL-ANIMAL IMAGING; VOLUME MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 33745342428     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.653993     Document Type: Conference Paper

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