Quantitative 3D micro-CT imaging of human lung tissue

RoFo Fortschritte auf dem Gebiet der Rontgenstrahlen und der Bildgebenden Verfahren

Volumn 185, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 869-876

  Kampschulte, M ^a   Schneider, C R ^a   Litzlbauer, H D ^a   Tscholl, D ^b   Schneider, C ^a   Zeiner, C ^b   Krombach, G A ^a   Ritman, E L ^c   Bohle, R M ^b   Langheinirch, A C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GIESSEN   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^d BGU Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

CT; thorax; tissue characterization

Indexed keywords

OSMIUM;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLANT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOFT TISSUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ACINAR CELLS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LUNG; ORGAN SIZE; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; PULMONARY VEINS; REFERENCE VALUES; SILICONE ELASTOMERS; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84883557734     PISSN: 14389029     EISSN: 14389010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1350105     Document Type: Article

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