Quantitative assessment of lung microstructure in healthy mice using an MR-based 3He lung morphometry technique

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1592-1599

  Osmanagic, E ^a,b   Sukstanskii, A L ^a   Quirk, J D ^a   Woods, J C ^a,c   Pierce, R A ^c   Conradi, M S ^a,c   Weibel, E R ^d   Yablonskiy, D A ^a,c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

3He gas diffusion; Alveoli; Lung microstructure; Lung morphometry; Magnetic resonance imaging; Mouse lungs

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; HELIUM;

ANIMAL; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BRONCHIOLE; C57BL MOUSE; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; GAS; HISTOLOGY; LUNG; LUNG ALVEOLUS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY SIZE; BRONCHIOLES; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GASES; HELIUM; LUNG; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PULMONARY ALVEOLI;

EID: 78651345732     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00736.2010     Document Type: Article

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