Micro-computed tomography for small animal imaging: Technological details

Progress in Natural Science

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 513-521

  Li, Hao ^a   Zhang, Hui ^a   Tang, Zhiwei ^a   Hu, Guangshu ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Micro computed tomography; Small animal; X ray

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION;

ANATOMICAL CHANGES; BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH SENSITIVITY; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; SCAN TIME; SMALL ANIMAL; SMALL ANIMAL IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY SYSTEM;

COST EFFECTIVENESS;

EID: 43749107765     PISSN: 10020071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnsc.2008.01.002     Document Type: Review

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