Optimization of microCT imaging and blood vessel diameter quantitation of preclinical specimen vasculature with radiopaque polymer injection medium

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Vasquez, Sergio X ^a   Gao, Feng ^b   Su, Feng ^b   Grijalva, Victor ^b   Pope, John ^c   Martin, Bill ^a   Stinstra, Jeroen ^a   Masner, Matthew ^a   Shah, Neha ^a   Weinstein, David M ^a   Farias Eisner, Robin ^b   Reddy, Srinivasa T ^b  

^a Numira Biosciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c INTEGRATED LABORATORY SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EX VIVO STUDY; FEMALE; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN PERFUSION; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BLOOD VESSEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; KIDNEY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; BLOOD VESSELS; KIDNEY; MICE; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79955143077     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019099     Document Type: Article

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