Imaging of the mouse lung with scanning laser optical tomography (SLOT)

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 975-983

  Kellner, Manuela ^a   Heidrich, Marko ^b   Beigel, Rebecca ^a,c   Lorbeer, Raoul Amadeus ^b   Knudsen, Lars ^a,d   Ripken, Tammo ^b,c   Heisterkamp, Alexander ^c,d,e   Meyer, Heiko ^a,b,c   Kühnel, Mark Philipp ^a   Ochs, Matthias ^a,c,d  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b LASER ZENTRUM HANNOVER E V   (Germany)

^c Excellence Cluster REBIRTH   (Germany)

^d German Centre for Lung Research   (Germany)

^e FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

3D microscopy; Acini; Airways; Alveoli; Blood vessels; Optical projection tomography

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866381198     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00026.2012     Document Type: Article

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