Measurements of Aneurysm Morphology Determined by 3-D Micro-Ultrasound Imaging as Potential Quantitative Biomarkers in a Mouse Aneurysm Model

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1552-1560

  Goldberg, Alyse ^a,b   Pakkiri, Pria ^a,b   Dai, Erbin ^a   Lucas, Alexandra ^a,b,c   Fenster, Aaron ^a,b  

^a ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

3D Ultrasound; Aneurysm; Mouse imaging; Vascular imaging

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; HISTOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; RISK MANAGEMENT; TRANSPLANTS;

3D ULTRASOUND; ANEURYSM; MOUSE IMAGING; VASCULAR IMAGING;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR;

ANEURYSM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA GRAFT; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; HISTOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TECHNOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASOUND;

ANIMALS; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MODELS, ANIMAL; MUTATION; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR 1; STAINING AND LABELING; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 34548860362     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2007.04.003     Document Type: Article

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