Quantitative ultrasonic tissue characterization as a new tool for continuous monitoring of chronic liver remodelling in mice

Liver International

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 854-864

  Guimond, Alain ^a   Teletin, Marius ^a   Garo, Erwan ^a   D'Sa, Alwyn ^b   Selloum, Mohamed ^a   Champy, Marie France ^a   Vonesch, Jean Luc ^a   Monassier, Laurent ^a  

^a INSTITUT CLINIQUE DE LA SOURIS   (France)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic; Bile duct ligation; CCL4; Densitometry; Echography; Fibrosis; Liver; Mice

Indexed keywords

CARBON TETRACHLORIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT LIGATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SURFACE; COMMON BILE DUCT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER CELL; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER REGENERATION; MALE; MOUSE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION;

ANIMALS; BILE DUCTS; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; COLLAGEN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIGATION; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 34447318605     PISSN: 14783223     EISSN: 14783231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2007.01493.x     Document Type: Article

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