Simultaneous 3D visualization and quantification of murine bone and bone vasculature using micro-computed tomography and vascular replica

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 690-701

  Schneider, Philipp ^a   Krucker, Thomas ^b   Meyer, Eric ^c   Ulmann Schuler, Alexandra ^c   Weber, Bruno ^c   Stampanoni, Marco ^c,d   Müller, Ralph ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b NOVARTIS INSTITUTES FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Barium sulfate; Morphometry; Mouse; Polyurethane; Synchrotron radiation; Vascular contrast perfusion (VCP); Vascular corrosion cast (VCC)

Indexed keywords

BARIUM SULFATE; BONE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CORROSION; MAMMALS; POLYURETHANES; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; SYNCHROTRONS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

3D VISUALIZATION; ANGIOGENESIS; BONE TISSUE; FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIP; MORPHOMETRY; MOUSE; OSTEOGENESIS; VASCULAR CONTRAST PERFUSION; VASCULAR CORROSION CAST; VASCULATURE;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

BARIUM SULFATE; POLYURETHAN; RESIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE TISSUE; CAPILLARY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCHROTRON; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VASCULARIZATION;

MURINAE; MUS;

EID: 69249144496     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: 10970029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20720     Document Type: Article

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