Rat airway morphometry measured from in situ MRI-based geometric models

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 112, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1921-1931

  Oakes, Jessica M ^b   Scadeng, Miriam ^c   Breen, Ellen C ^d   Marsden, Alison L ^b   Darquenne, Chantal ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway resistance; Dichotomy; Monopodial branching

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; HISTOLOGY; LUNG; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RAT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LUNG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 84861838908     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00018.2012     Document Type: Article

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