Evaluation of a rabbit rectal VX2 carcinoma model using computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 15, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 2139-2144

  Liang, Xin Mei ^a   Tang, Guang Yu ^b   Cheng, Ying Sheng ^b   Zhou, Bi ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED SIXTH PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

^b TENTH PEOPLE S HOSPITAL OF TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Animal model; Computed tomography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Rabbit; Rectal carcinoma; VX2

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CACHEXIA; CANCER STAGING; CANCER TRANSPLANTATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE MODEL; FLUOROSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG METASTASIS; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIMARY TUMOR; RECTUM; RECTUM CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL TIME; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; VX2 CELL; ANIMAL; EVALUATION; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; RABBIT; RECTUM TUMOR;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEOPLASM TRANSPLANTATION; RABBITS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 67651163746     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.15.2139     Document Type: Article

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