Kidney volume quantification using contrast-enhanced in vivo X-ray micro-CT in mice

Contrast Media and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 120-126

  Almajdub, M ^a,b   Magnier, L ^a   Juillard, L ^c,d   Janier, Marc ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

^d INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Contrast agent; Imaging; In vivo; Kidney; Length; Mice; Micro CT; Volume

Indexed keywords

129 MOUSE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BODY WEIGHT; C3H MOUSE; C57BL MOUSE; CELL STRAIN; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IN VIVO STUDY; KIDNEY MASS; KIDNEY SIZE; KIDNEY THICKNESS; KIDNEY VOLUME; MALE; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; THICKNESS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; KIDNEY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; ORGAN SIZE; REFERENCE VALUES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 48749128412     PISSN: 15554309     EISSN: 15554317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cmmi.238     Document Type: Article

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