Angiofil®-mediated visualization of the vascular system by microcomputed tomography: A feasibility study

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 551-556

  Grabherr, Silke ^a,e   Hess, Andreas ^b   Karolczak, Marek ^b   Thali, Michael J ^a   Friess, Sebastian D ^c   Kalender, Willi A ^b   Dirnhofer, Richard ^a   Djonov, Valentin ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c Gloor Instruments AG   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Angiofil ; Angiogenesis; Microangiography; microCT; Vascular phenotyping

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; MAMMALS;

ANGIOFIL; ANGIOFIL®; ANGIOGENESIS; CONTRAST AGENT; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; MICRO COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (MICRO-CT); MICRO CT; MICRO-ANGIOGRAPHY; VASCULAR PHENOTYPING; VASCULAR SYSTEM;

VISUALIZATION;

ANGIOFIL; CONTRAST MEDIUM; IODINATED POPPYSEED OIL;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; LIPOPHILICITY; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MICROANGIOGRAPHY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANIMAL; BLOOD VESSEL; EVALUATION; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; TOMOGRAPHY;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ANIMALS; BLOOD VESSELS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICE; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 47249142043     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: 10970029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20585     Document Type: Article

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