Estimating the density of fluorescent nanoparticles in the primo vessels in the fourth ventricle and the spinal cord of a rat

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Lim, Jaekwan ^a   Hyun Jung, Jong ^a   Lee, Sungwoo ^a   Su, Zhendong ^a   Qiang, Zhou ^a   Cha, Jin Myung ^b   Lee, Jin Kyu ^b   Soh, Kwang Sup ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

brain; cerebrospinal fluid; fluorescence; nanoparticle; primo vascular system; primo vessel; spinal cord

Indexed keywords

AUTOFLUORESCENCE; CEREBRO SPINAL FLUIDS; CIRCULATORY SYSTEMS; CONTRAST AGENT; CT IMAGING; FLUORESCENT NANOPARTICLES; LINE DENSITY; MULTISPECTRAL IMAGING; PRIMO VESSEL; SPINAL CORDS; VASCULAR SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOLOGY; RATS;

NANOPARTICLES;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

FLUORESCENT DYE; NANOPARTICLE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; MALE; RAT; SPINAL CORD; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; FOURTH VENTRICLE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NANOPARTICLES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 80655142499     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3647595     Document Type: Article

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