Synchrotron phase-contrast X-ray imaging reveals fluid dosing dynamics for gene transfer into mouse airways

Gene Therapy

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 8-14

  Donnelley, M ^a,b   Siu, K K W ^c,d   Jamison, R A ^c   Parsons, D W ^a,b,e  

^a WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN SYNCHROTRON   (Australia)

^e Women's and Children's Health Research Institute   (Australia)

Author keywords

airways; gene transfer; high resolution; instillation; mouse; X ray imaging

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AIRWAY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENE TRANSFER; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; SYNCHROTON PHASE CONTRAST X RAY IMAGING; SYNCHROTRON; TRACHEA; X RAY;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IOPAMIDOL; LUNG; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SYNCHROTRONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84855451344     PISSN: 09697128     EISSN: 14765462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/gt.2011.80     Document Type: Article

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