Longitudinal assessment of lung cancer progression in the mouse using in vivo micro-CT imaging

Medical Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 4793-4805

  Namati, Eman ^a,b   Thiesse, Jacqueline ^a,c   Sieren, Jessica C ^a   Ross, Alan ^a,c   Hoffman, Eric A ^a   McLennan, Geoffrey ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c IA United States   (United States)

Author keywords

breath hold imaging; lung cancer; micro CT; mouse lung imaging; small animal imaging

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; MAMMALS; PULMONARY DISEASES; TUMORS;

BREATH HOLDS; LUNG CANCER; MICRO CT; MOUSE LUNG; SMALL ANIMAL IMAGING;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; LUNG TUMOR; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MOUSE; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; TIME;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMALS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MICE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 77956314914     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3476454     Document Type: Article

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