Visualization of three-dimensional nephron structure with microcomputed tomography

Anatomical Record

Volumn 290, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 277-283

  Bentley, Michael D ^a   Jorgensen, Steven M ^b   Lerman, Lilach O ^c   Ritman, Erik L ^b   Romero, J Carlos ^b,c  

^a MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Imaging; Kidney; Osmium; Renal tubules; Tomography

Indexed keywords

OSMIUM TETRAOXIDE; SILICONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GLOMERULUS; HISTOLOGY; KIDNEY BLOOD VESSEL; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY DISTAL TUBULE; KIDNEY PROXIMAL TUBULE; MALE; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NEPHRON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; KIDNEY TUBULES, DISTAL; KIDNEY TUBULES, PROXIMAL; MALE; MICROCOMPUTERS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; NEPHRONS; OSMIUM TETROXIDE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STAINING AND LABELING; SYNCHROTRONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

RATTUS;

EID: 34248391328     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.20422     Document Type: Article

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