Lung perfusion imaging in small animals using 4D micro-CT at heartbeat temporal resolution

Medical Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 54-62

  Badea, Cristian T ^a   Johnston, Samuel M ^a   Subashi, Ergys ^a   Qi, Yi ^a   Hedlund, Laurence W ^a   Johnson, G Allan ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital subtraction angiography; Functional imaging; Image reconstruction; Lung; Micro CT; Perfusion; Small animal; X ray

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGE RESOLUTION; RATS; X RAYS;

DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL IMAGING; LUNG; MICRO CT; PERFUSION; SMALL ANIMAL;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 73649083320     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3264619     Document Type: Article

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