A shift from cell cultures to creatures: In vivo imaging of small animals in experimental regenerative medicine

Molecular Therapy

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1933-1941

  Studwell, Anna J ^a,b   Kotton, Darrell N ^b,c  

^a In Vivo Imaging Core Facility   (United States)

^b BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2; CONTRAST MEDIUM; LENTIVIRUS VECTOR;

ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE IMAGING; BIOLUMINESCENCE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; GAMMA RADIATION; GENE THERAPY; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS TYPE 1 THYMIDINE KINASE GENE; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; IN VIVO STUDY; IONIZING RADIATION; LUNG METASTASIS; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTICAL IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION ATTENUATION; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; VIRUS GENE; WHOLE BODY IMAGING; X RAY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 80455143731     PISSN: 15250016     EISSN: 15250024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/mt.2011.194     Document Type: Review

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