Flat-panel volumetric computed tomography in cerebral perfusion: Evaluation of three rat stroke models

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 219, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 113-123

  Juenemann, Martin ^a,b   Goegel, Sinja ^b   Obert, Martin ^b   Schleicher, Nadine ^a,b   Ritschel, Nouha ^c   Doenges, Simone ^a,b   Eitenmueller, Inka ^b   Schwarz, Niko ^a,b   Kastaun, Sabrina ^a,b   Yeniguen, Mesut ^a,b   Tschernatsch, Marlene ^a   Gerriets, Tibo ^a,b,d  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY GIESSEN   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HEART AND LUNG RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d Buergerhospital Friedberg ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Animal model; Cerebral perfusion; Flat panel volume CT; Stroke

Indexed keywords

TRIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; BRAIN PERFUSION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEMODYNAMICS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSCIENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ROTAROD TEST; VALIDITY;

ANIMAL MODEL; CEREBRAL PERFUSION; FLAT-PANEL VOLUME CT; STROKE;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEMODYNAMICS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; POSTURAL BALANCE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STROKE;

EID: 84881502496     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2013.07.010     Document Type: Article

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