Heavy metal staining, a comparative assessment of gadolinium chloride and osmium tetroxide for inner ear labyrinthine contrast enhancement using X-ray microtomography

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 22-27

  Wong, Christopher C ^a   Curthoys, Ian S ^a   O'leary, Stephen J ^b   Jones, Allan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

3D; Membranous labyrinth; MicroCT; Radiograph; Saccular; Segmentation; Utricular

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM CHLORIDE; HEAVY METAL; OSMIUM TETRAOXIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL GUINEA PIG; INNER EAR; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE; STAINING; TEMPORAL BONE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 84871266238     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: 16512553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016489.2012.715751     Document Type: Article

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