A micro-computed tomography-based method for the measurement of pulmonary compliance in healthy and bleomycin-exposed mice

Experimental Lung Research

Volumn 33, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 169-183

  Shofer, Scott ^a   Badea, Cristian ^a   Auerbach, Scott ^b   Schwartz, David A ^b   Johnson, G Allan ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

MicroCT; Pulmonary compliance; Pulmonary fibrosis

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPIRED AIR; FEMALE; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; LUNG COMPLIANCE; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; MONITORING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; VENTILATOR;

ANIMALS; BLEOMYCIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUNG; LUNG COMPLIANCE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34250159800     PISSN: 01902148     EISSN: 15210499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01902140701364458     Document Type: Article

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