Fabrication and operation of GRIN probes for in vivo fluorescence cellular imaging of internal organs in small animals

Nature Protocols

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1456-1469

  Kim, Jun Ki ^a   Lee, Woei Ming ^a   Kim, Pilhan ^a,b   Choi, Myunghwan ^a,b   Jung, Keehoon ^a   Kim, Seonghoon ^a,b   Yun, Seok Hyun ^a,b,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^c HARVARD MIT DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; COLON CANCER; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; GRADED INDEX LENS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING; IMAGING SYSTEM; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRAVITAL IMAGING; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; MECHANICAL PROBE; MICROVASCULATURE; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DESIGN; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROCESS TECHNOLOGY;

ANIMALS; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LENSES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84864427563     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2012.078     Document Type: Article

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