High-Frequency Ultrasound for InVivo Measurement of Colon Wall Thickness in Mice

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 432-442

  Abdelrahman, Mostafa A ^a   Marston, Gemma ^a   Hull, Mark A ^a   Markham, Alexander F ^a   Jones, Pamela F ^a   Evans, J Anthony ^a   Coletta, P Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colon wall thickness; High frequency ultrasound; Invivo imaging; Mouse colon; Mouse models; Preclinical ultrasound

Indexed keywords

HIGH FREQUENCY ULTRASOUNDS; IN-VIVO IMAGING; MOUSE COLON; MOUSE MODELS; WALL THICKNESS;

NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONICS;

MAMMALS;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASCENDING COLON; B SCAN; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COLON MUCOSA; COLON WALL THICKNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING COLON; ECHOGRAPHY; EX VIVO STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH FREQUENCY ULTRASOUND; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; INTESTINE PARAMETERS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

ANIMALS; COLON; FEMALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; ORGAN SIZE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84856562356     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2011.12.011     Document Type: Article

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