Optimized murine lung preparation for detailed structural evaluation via micro-computed tomography

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 159-166

  Vasilescu, Dragoş M ^a,b   Knudsen, Lars ^c   Ochs, Matthias ^c   Weibel, Ewald R ^d   Hoffman, Eric A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

High resolution imaging; Lung morphometry; Perfusion based lung fixation; Quantitative computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; C57BL MOUSE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; INSTRUMENTATION; LUNG; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; PERFUSION; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LUNG; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PERFUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84855394748     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00550.2011     Document Type: Article

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