Micro-computed tomography of the head and dentition in Cadavers of clinically normal rabbits

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 227-232

  de Rycke, Lieve M ^a   Boone, Matthieu N ^a   van Caelenberg, Annemie I ^a   Dierick, Manuel ^a   van Hoorebeke, Luc ^a   van Bree, Henri ^a   Gielen, Ingrid M ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BONE STRUCTURE; CADAVER; DENTITION; HEAD; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SOFT TISSUE;

ANIMALS; CADAVER; HEAD; RABBITS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TOOTH;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 84856656678     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.73.2.227     Document Type: Review

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