A Comparative Analysis of Water-Soluble and Blood-Pool Contrast Agents for invivo Vascular Imaging with Micro-CT

Academic Radiology

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1247-1255

  Nebuloni, Laura ^a   Kuhn, Gisela A ^a   Müller, Ralph ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

C57BL 6J mice; Contrast agent; Invivo micro CT; Vascular network

Indexed keywords

AUROVIST 15; BLOOD POOL CONTRAST AGENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM; EXIA 160XL; EXITRON NANO 12000; IOMEPROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CAPILLARY WALL; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG DIFFUSION; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

C57BL/6J MICE; CONTRAST AGENT; IN VIVO MICRO-CT; VASCULAR NETWORK;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ANIMALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; IOPAMIDOL; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROVESSELS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLUBILITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WATER;

EID: 84883494481     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: 18784046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2013.06.003     Document Type: Article

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