Non-invasive real-time imaging of atherosclerosis in mice using ultrasound biomicroscopy

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 190, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 313-320

  Gan, Li ming ^a,b   Grönros, Julia ^a   Hägg, Ulrika ^a   Wikström, Johannes ^a   Theodoropoulos, Catherine ^c   Friberg, Peter ^a   Fritsche Danielson, Regina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

^c VisualSonics   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Imaging; Mouse; Ultrasound; Ultrasound biomicroscopy

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOMICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; HISTOLOGY; IMAGING SYSTEM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGING; ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RECEPTORS, LDL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33846188418     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2006.03.035     Document Type: Article

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