Synchrotron-based micro-CT imaging of the human lung acinus

Anatomical Record

Volumn 293, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1607-1614

  Litzlbauer, Horst Detlef ^a   Korbel, Kathrin ^a   Kline, Timothy L ^b   Jorgensen, Steven M ^b   Eaker, Diane R ^b   Bohle, Rainer M ^c   Ritman, Erik L ^b   Langheinrich, Alexander C ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^c SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acinus; Human lung; Imaging; micro CT

Indexed keywords

OSMIUM TETRAOXIDE;

ARTICLE; BRANCHING MORPHOGENESIS; BRONCHIOLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG STRUCTURE; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCHROTRON; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ADULT; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; IMAGE PROCESSING; LUNG; MALE; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LUNG; MALE; SOFTWARE; SYNCHROTRONS; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 77956600834     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.21161     Document Type: Article

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