Replacing vascular corrosion casting by in vivo micro-ct imaging for building 3D cardiovascular models in mice

Molecular Imaging and Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 78-86

  Vandeghinste, Bert ^a   Trachet, Bram ^a   Renard, Marjolijn ^b   Casteleyn, Christophe ^a   Staelens, Steven ^a   Loeys, Bart ^b   Segers, Patrick ^a   Vandenberghe, Stefaan ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

3D model; Fenestra; In vivo; Mice; Micro CT; Vascular corrosion casting; Wall shear stress

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AORTA ARCH; AORTA BIFURCATION; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; BRACHIOCEPHALIC TRUNK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EDEMA; DESCENDING AORTA; GEOMETRY; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IN VIVO STUDY; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; BLOOD VESSELS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CORROSION; MICE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

MUS;

EID: 79551601461     PISSN: 15361632     EISSN: 18602002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11307-010-0335-8     Document Type: Article

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