Confocal laser endomicroscopy and narrow-band imaging-aided endoscopy for in vivo imaging of colitis and colon cancer in mice

Nature Protocols

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1471-1481

  Waldner, Maximilian J ^a   Wirtz, Stefan ^a   Neufert, Clemens ^a   Becker, Christoph ^a   Neurath, Markus F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; COLITIS; COLON CANCER; COLON MUCOSA; COLONOSCOPY; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IN VIVO STUDY; LAPAROTOMY; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MOLECULAR PROBE; MOUSE; NARROW BAND IMAGING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; COLITIS; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONOSCOPY; FLUORESCENT DYES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LASERS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL;

MUS;

EID: 80052416150     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2011.377     Document Type: Article

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