A method for quantitative characterization of growth in the 3-D structure of rat pulmonary arteries

Microvascular Research

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 146-153

  Razavi, Hedi ^a   Dusch, Marie N ^a   Zarafshar, Shahrzad Y ^a   Taylor, Charles A ^a,b   Feinstein, Jeffrey A ^a,b  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYMER; SILICONE;

AGING; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FLOW RATE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; LUNG CIRCULATION; MALE; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; VISCOSITY;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANIMALS; CORROSION CASTING; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INJECTIONS; MALE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PULMONARY ARTERY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SILICONE ELASTOMERS; TIME FACTORS; VISCOSITY; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 84856807427     PISSN: 00262862     EISSN: 10959319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mvr.2011.12.003     Document Type: Article

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