Micro-ultrasound for preclinical imaging

Interface Focus

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 576-601

  Stuart Foster, F ^a   Hossack, John ^b   Lee Adamson, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b University of Virginia   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Cancer models; Cardiovascular disease; Micro ultrasound; Mouse imaging; Phenotyping

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860903292     PISSN: 20428898     EISSN: 20428901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsfs.2011.0037     Document Type: Review

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