A coming of age: Advanced imaging technologies for characterising the developing mouse

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 700-711

  Norris, Francesca C ^a   Wong, Michael D ^b,c   Greene, Nicholas D E ^d   Scambler, Peter J ^d   Weaver, Tom ^e   Weninger, Wolfgang J ^f   Mohun, Timothy J ^g   Henkelman, R Mark ^b,c   Lythgoe, Mark F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e Medical Research Council Harwell Institute   (United Kingdom)

^f MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

High resolution episcopic microscopy; Magnetic resonance imaging; Micro X ray computed tomography; Mouse embryo; Optical projection tomography; Phenotyping

Indexed keywords

AUTOFLUORESCENCE IMAGING; BIOMICROSCOPY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENOME; HIGH RESOLUTION EPISCOPIC MICROSCOPY; IMAGING SYSTEM; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MOUSE EMBRYO; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OPTICAL PROJECTION TOMOGRAPHY; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOACOUSTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TECHNOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

HIGH-RESOLUTION EPISCOPIC MICROSCOPY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICRO X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MOUSE EMBRYO; OPTICAL PROJECTION TOMOGRAPHY; PHENOTYPING;

ANIMALS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; MICE;

EID: 84888133390     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2013.08.004     Document Type: Review

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