The Vetmousetrap: A Device For Computed Tomographic Imaging Of The Thorax Of Awake Cats

Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 41-52

  Oliveira, Cintia R ^a   Ranallo, Frank N ^b   Pijanowski, Gerald J ^a   Mitchell, Mark A ^a   O'brien, Mauria A ^a   Mcmichael, Maureen ^a   Hartman, Susan K ^a   Matheson, Jodi S ^a   O'brien, Robert T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cat; Computed tomography; Respiratory; Thorax

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CAT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; CATS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79951972089     PISSN: 10588183     EISSN: 17408261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8261.2010.01726.x     Document Type: Article

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