Dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging as a tool to monitor the blood supply to an artificial cavity used as a site for islet transplantation in rats

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 3226-3230

  Kriz, J ^a   Jirak, D ^a,b   Koblas, T ^a   Vilk, G ^c   Girman, P ^a,b   Hajek, M ^a   Saudek, F ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOFOSVESET; POLYMER; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; COMPOSITE GRAFT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM EXTRAVASATION; DEVICE; GREATER OMENTUM; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS ISLET TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL DETECTION; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; GADOLINIUM; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; RATS; SOFTWARE; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 81455139629     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: 18732623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2011.09.012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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