Three-dimensional measurement of alveolar airspace volumes in normal and emphysematous lungs using micro-CT

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 583-592

  Parameswaran, Harikrishnan ^a   Bartolák Suki, Erzsébet ^a,b   Hamakawa, Hiroshi ^a   Majumdar, Arnab ^a   Allen, Philip G ^a   Suki, Béla ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b CelluTraf Scientific   (United States)

Author keywords

Alveolar airspace diameter; Confocal microscopy; Heterogeneity; Silver staining

Indexed keywords

ELASTASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LASER MICROSCOPY; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILVER STAINING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PANCREATIC ELASTASE; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SILVER COMPOUNDS; STAINING AND LABELING; TIME FACTORS; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 68249136686     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.91227.2008     Document Type: Article

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