Temporal variations of skin pigmentation in C57Bl/6 mice affect optical bioluminescence quantitation

Molecular Imaging and Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1114-1123

  Curtis, Allison ^a   Calabro, Katherine ^b   Galarneau, Jean Rene ^a   Bigio, Irving J ^b   Krucker, Thomas ^a  

^a NOVARTIS INSTITUTES FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

C57Bl 6 mice; Depilation; Melanin; Optical imaging; Reflectance spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

LUCIFERASE; MELANIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EX VIVO STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEMALE; HAIR GROWTH; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEM; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REFLECTOMETRY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL DETECTION; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HAIR REMOVAL; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SKIN; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 84855660039     PISSN: 15361632     EISSN: 18602002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11307-010-0440-8     Document Type: Article

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