Noninvasive monitoring of chick development in ovo using a 7T MRI system from day 12 of incubation through to hatching

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 198-201

  Bain, Maureen M ^a   Fagan, Andrew J ^b   Mullin, James M ^c   McNaught, Iain ^a   McLean, John ^c   Condon, Barrie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

7T MRI; Chick embryo; Development in ovo; Fertile eggs; Safety

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN GROWTH; CHICK EMBRYO; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; HATCHING; HEART DEVELOPMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INCUBATOR; LIVER DEVELOPMENT; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN GROWTH; ORGAN SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; VETERINARY ANATOMY;

ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKENS; COLD; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 34547796820     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.20963     Document Type: Article

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