3-Dimensional resin casting and imaging of mouse portal vein or intrahepatic bile duct system

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 68, 2012, Pages

  Walter, Teagan J ^a,b   Sparks, Erin E ^c   Huppert, Stacey S ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Cincinnati Children's Hospital   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

3 dimensional; Ductal; Intrahepatic bile duct; Issue 68; Medicine; Portal vein; Resin cast; Vascular

Indexed keywords

RESIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CHEMISTRY; HISTOLOGY; INTRAHEPATIC BILE DUCT; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; PORTAL VEIN; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; BILE DUCTS, INTRAHEPATIC; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PORTAL VEIN; RESINS, SYNTHETIC;

EID: 84868275642     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/4272     Document Type: Article

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