Quantitative x-ray imaging of intraplaque hemorrhage in aortas of apoE-/-/LDL-/- double knockout mice

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 263-273

  Langheinrich, Alexander C ^a,b   Michniewicz, Agata ^b   Sedding, Daniel G ^b   Lai, Barry ^c   Jorgensen, Steven M ^a   Bohle, Rainer M ^b   Ritman, Erik L ^a  

^a MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Hemorrhage; Imaging; Iron; Micro CT

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CALCIFICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 34147137929     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rli.0000258085.87952.ea     Document Type: Article

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