The visualization of hepatic vasculature by X-ray micro-computed tomography

Journal of Electron Microscopy

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 151-155

  Ananda, Shalini ^a   Marsden, Valerie ^a   Vekemans, Katrien ^b   Korkmaz, Emine ^a   Tsafnat, Naomi ^a   Soon, Lilian ^a   Jones, Allan ^a   Braet, Filip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

3D reconstruction; Capillaries; CC531s; Colon cancer; en bloc staining; Liver; Sinusoids

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CAPILLARY; COLON TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LIVER; MALE; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RAT; RAT STRAIN; TUMOR CELL LINE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VASCULARIZATION;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ANIMALS; BLOOD VESSELS; CAPILLARIES; CELL LINE, TUMOR; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; LIVER; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; TISSUE; URANIUM COMPOUNDS;

3D-RECONSTRUC-TION; CAPILLARY; CC531S; COLON CANCER; EN BLOC STAINING; HEPATIC TISSUE; MICRO-VASCULATURE; SINUSOID; THREE DIMENSIONS; X RAY MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

DISEASES;

EID: 33748771470     PISSN: 00220744     EISSN: 14779986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmicro/dfl015     Document Type: Article

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