Quantitative analysis of microscopic X-ray computed tomography imaging: Japanese quail embryonic soft tissues with iodine staining

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 223, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 297-310

  Tahara, Rui ^a   Larsson, Hans C E ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Avian embryonic development; Calibrated computed tomography values; Iodine; Microscopic X ray computed tomography; Three dimensional quantitative imaging; X ray computed tomography

Indexed keywords

IODINE;

ANATOMY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTURNIX COTURNIX; EMBRYO; EMBRYONAL TISSUE; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MICROSCOPIC X RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STAINING; TISSUE SECTION;

AVIAN EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; CALIBRATED COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY VALUES; IODINE; MICROSCOPIC X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL QUANTITATIVE IMAGING; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; COTURNIX; ETHANOL; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; IODINE; MORPHOGENESIS; SOLVENTS; STAINING AND LABELING; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; COTURNIX JAPONICA;

EID: 84881611976     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/joa.12081     Document Type: Article

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