Microscopic computed tomography imaging of the cerebral circulation in mice: Feasibility and pitfalls

Synapse

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 557-565

  Abruzzo, Todd ^a   Tumialan, L ^b   Chaalala, C ^a   Kim, S ^b   Guldberg, R E ^c   Lin, A ^c   Leach, J ^a   Khoury, J C ^a   Morgan, A E ^a   Cawley III, C M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral arterial circulation; Circle of willis; Mice; Micro CT; Murine

Indexed keywords

SILICONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; AUTOMATION; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN CIRCULUS ARTERIOSUS; BRAIN SIZE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; IMAGE PROCESSING; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MICROSCOPIC COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MOUSE; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; DISSECTION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MODELS, ANIMAL; RODENTIA; SOFTWARE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 46749156366     PISSN: 08874476     EISSN: 10982396     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/syn.20511     Document Type: Article

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