Visualization and quantification of whole rat heart laminar structure using high-spatial resolution contrast-enhanced MRI

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 302, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Gilbert, Stephen H ^a   Benoist, David ^c   Benson, Alan P ^a   White, Ed ^a   Tanner, Steven F ^a   Holden, Arun V ^a   Dobrzynski, Halina ^b   Bernus, Olivier ^a,c   Radjenovic, Aleksandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE DE RECHERCHE CARDIO THORACIQUE DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Myocardium; Small animal imaging; Ventricles

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; EPICARDIUM; EX VIVO STUDY; HEART; HEART MUSCLE; HEART VENTRICLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SYSTOLE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE SECTION;

EID: 84255171006     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00824.2011     Document Type: Article

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