Non-invasive microstructure and morphology investigation of the mouse lung: Qualitative description and quantitative measurement

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Zhang, Lu ^a   Li, Dongyue ^a   Luo, Shuqian ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IN LINE X RAY PHASE CONTRAST IMAGING; LUNG; LUNG ALVEOLUS; MICROMORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVALUATION; HISTOLOGY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROTECHNOLOGY; NEWBORN; RADIOGRAPHY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LUNG; MICE; MICROTECHNOLOGY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WEIGHTS AND MEASURES;

EID: 79952162035     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017400     Document Type: Article

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