Minimally invasive method for determining the effective lymphatic pumping pressure in rats using near-infrared imaging

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 306, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Nelson, Tyler S ^a,b   Akin, Ryan E ^a,b   Weiler, Michael J ^a   Kassis, Timothy ^a,c   Kornuta, Jeffrey A ^a,b   Dixon, J Brandon ^a,b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lymphatic diagnostic; Lymphatic pumping pressure; Near infrared imaging; Nitric oxide; Rat tail model

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; INDOCYANINE GREEN; NITRIC OXIDE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL BLOOD; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAMERA; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; CIRCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUFF; DIODE LASER; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FLOW RATE; FLUORESCENCE; FORELIMB; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING AND DISPLAY; LYMPH FLOW; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHATIC PARAMETERS; LYMPHATIC PUMPING PRESSURE; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NEAR INFRARED IMAGING; NEAR INFRARED IMAGING SYSTEM; NON INVASIVE BLOOD PRESSURE MONITOR; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYRINGE; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; EQUIPMENT; LYMPHATIC DIAGNOSTIC; METHODOLOGY; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NEAR-INFRARED IMAGING; OINTMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT TAIL MODEL;

LYMPHATIC DIAGNOSTIC; LYMPHATIC PUMPING PRESSURE; NEAR-INFRARED IMAGING; NITRIC OXIDE; RAT TAIL MODEL;

ANIMALS; FEEDBACK; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; MALE; NITROGLYCERIN; OINTMENTS; PRESSURE; RATS; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 84899431548     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00369.2013     Document Type: Article

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