Micro-CT analysis of myocardial blood supply in young and adult rats

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 7262, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Schaefer, Heather M ^a   Beighley, Patricia E ^a   Eaker, Diane R ^a   Vercnocke, Andrew J ^a   Ritman, Erik L ^a  

^a MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Fractals; Maturation; Microcirculation; Morphological erosion dilation; Scaling

Indexed keywords

3-D IMAGE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD SUPPLY; CONTRAST AGENT; CORONARY VESSEL; MATURATION; METABOLIC RATES; MICRO CT; MORPHOLOGICAL EROSION DILATION; MUSCLE VOLUME; RAT HEART; SCALING; VASCULATURE; VESSEL LUMEN;

BLOOD; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; EROSION; FRACTALS; MICROCIRCULATION; MUSCLE; RATS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 67249095872     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.812125     Document Type: Conference Paper

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