Lung structure phenotype variation in inbred mouse strains revealed through in vivo micro-CT imaging

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1960-1968

  Thiesse, Jacqueline ^a,b   Namati, Eman ^a   Sieren, Jessica C ^a,b   Smith, Amanda R ^a   Reinhardt, Joseph M ^b   Hoffman, Eric A ^a,b   McLennan, Geoffrey ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b IA United States   (United States)

Author keywords

3 dimensional mouse airway; Airway nomenclature; Micro computed tomography; Mouse lung phenotype

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BREATHING; C57BL MOUSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; LUNG; MALE; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MOUSE; PHENOTYPE; RADIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LUNG; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PHENOTYPE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RESPIRATION; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 78651298989     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01322.2009     Document Type: Article

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