Three-dimensional in vivo imaging of the murine liver: A micro-computed tomography-based anatomical study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Fiebig, Teresa ^a   Boll, Hanne ^a   Figueiredo, Giovanna ^a   Kerl, Hans Ulrich ^a   Nittka, Stefanie ^a   Groden, Christoph ^a   Kramer, Martin ^b   Brockmann, Marc A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER; LIVER BLOOD VESSEL; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ANIMAL; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; LIVER VEIN; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE;

ANIMALS; BILIARY TRACT; HEPATIC VEINS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LIVER; MICE; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84856734866     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031179     Document Type: Article

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