3D reconstruction of 2D fluorescence histology images and registration with in vivo MR images: Application in a rodent stroke model

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 219, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 27-40

  Stille, Maik ^a,b   Smith, Edward J ^b   Crum, William R ^b   Modo, Michel ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MCGOWAN INSTITUTE FOR REGENERATIVE MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Histology; Image analysis; Image registration; Magnetic resonance imaging; Medical imaging; Rat; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VIVO STUDY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGISTRATION; RODENT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

HISTOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE REGISTRATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL IMAGING; RAT; STROKE;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; FLUORESCENCE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STROKE;

EID: 84880794050     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2013.06.003     Document Type: Article

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