Mapping 3-D functional capillary geometry in rat skeletal muscle in vivo

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 302, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Fraser, Graham M ^a   Milkovich, Stephanie ^a   Goldman, Daniel ^a   Ellis, Christopher G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computer assisted vascular mapping; Functional capillary density; Microcirculation; Microvascular network geometry; Oxygen transport

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CAPILLARY GEOMETRY; GEOMETRY; HEMODYNAMICS; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; MODEL; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; OXYGENATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VIDEO MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; CALIBRATION; CAPILLARIES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXYGEN; QUALITY CONTROL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOFTWARE DESIGN; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 84856503281     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01185.2010     Document Type: Article

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