Visualization of microvasculature by x-ray in-line phase contrast imaging in rat spinal cord

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Hu, Jian Zhong ^a   Wu, Tian Ding ^a   Zeng, Lei ^a   Liu, Hui Qiang ^b   He, You ^b   Du, Guo Hao ^b   Lu, Hong Bin ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD SUPPLY; CLINICAL STUDY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST AGENT; HISTOLOGICAL SECTION; IN-LINE PHASE CONTRAST; MICRO-VASCULATURE; PHASE-CONTRAST IMAGE; POTENTIAL TOOL; RAT SPINAL CORD; RENDERED IMAGES; RESOLUTION LIMITS; THERAPEUTIC STRATEGY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D); VASCULAR STRUCTURES; X RAY ANGIOGRAPHY;

ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; MORPHOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VISUALIZATION; X RAYS;

RATS;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOURIER ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROCIRCULATION; OPTICS; PATHOLOGY; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; RAT; REGENERATION; SPINAL CORD; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STATISTICAL MODEL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; X RAY;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ANIMALS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOURIER ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REGENERATION; SPINAL CORD; X-RAYS;

EID: 84857582457     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/57/5/N55     Document Type: Article

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