Segmentation and measurement of fat volumes in murine obesity models using X-ray computed tomography

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 62, 2012, Pages

  Sasser, Todd A ^a   Chapman, Sarah E ^b   Li, Shengting ^a   Hudson, Caroline ^b   Orton, Sean P ^a   Diener, Justin M ^b   Gammon, Seth T ^a   Correcher, Carlos ^c   Matthew Leevy, W ^b  

^a Carestream Molecular Imaging   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^c Research and Development   (United States)

Author keywords

Image analysis; In vivo; Issue 62; Medicine; Metabolic disorders; Obesity; X ray computed tomography (CT)

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; C57BL MOUSE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE MODEL; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; OBESITY; PATHOLOGY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; OBESITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84860672653     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/3680     Document Type: Article

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