3D Visualisation and Quantification by Microcomputed Tomography of Late Gestational Changes in the Arterial and Venous Feto-Placental Vasculature of the Mouse

Placenta

Volumn 28, Issue 8-9, 2007, Pages 833-840

  Rennie, M Y ^a   Whiteley, K J ^b   Kulandavelu, S ^b,c   Adamson, S L ^b,c   Sled, J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Feto placental vasculature; Imaging; Microcomputed tomography; Mouse; Perfusion

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CHORION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; FETUS WEIGHT; GESTATION PERIOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MOUSE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD FLOW; UMBILICAL VEIN; VEIN DIAMETER; ANIMAL; ARTERY; PLACENTA; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; ARTERIES; CHORION; GESTATIONAL AGE; MICE; PLACENTA; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 34447519341     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2006.12.005     Document Type: Article

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