Progressive changes in T 1, T 2 and left-ventricular histo-architecture in the fixed and embedded rat heart

NMR in Biomedicine

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 836-843

  Hales, Patrick W ^a   Burton, Rebecca A B ^a   Bollensdorff, Christian ^a   Mason, Fleur ^a   Bishop, Martin ^a   Gavaghan, David ^a   Kohl, Peter ^a   Schneider, Jürgen E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cone of uncertainty; Diffusion tensor imaging; Karnovsky's fixative; Myocardium; Myofibre; Precision; Structure; Tissue fixation

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; KARNOVSKY'S FIXATIVE; MYOCARDIUM; MYOFIBRE; PRECISION; TISSUE FIXATION;

ALDEHYDES; ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY REACTIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSMOSIS; RATS; RELAXATION TIME; STANDARDS; TISSUE;

TENSORS;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EX VIVO STUDY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TISSUE FIXATION;

ANIMALS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MYOCARDIUM; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TISSUE FIXATION;

RATTUS;

EID: 80051594891     PISSN: 09523480     EISSN: 10991492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nbm.1629     Document Type: Article

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