Luminescent imaging technology as an opportunity to reduce and refine animal experiments: Light at the end of the tunnel?

Altex

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 177-185

  Hagelschuer, Ina ^a   Hauff, Peter ^a   Strube, Anne ^a,b   Käkönen, Sanna Maria ^a,c   Von Degenfeld, Georges ^a,d  

^a BAYER PHARMA AG   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

3R concept; In vivo; Luminescent imaging; Mice; Micro CT; Radiography

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TESTING ALTERNATIVE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL THERAPY; ETHICS; HEART; INSTRUMENTATION; LISTERIOSIS; LUMINESCENCE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; NEOPLASM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION; ANIMAL TESTING ALTERNATIVES; ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HEART; LISTERIA INFECTIONS; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MICE; NEOPLASMS; TISSUE THERAPY;

EID: 73949107085     PISSN: 1868596X     EISSN: 18688551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14573/altex.2009.3.177     Document Type: Article

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