Micro-CT of rodents: State-of-the-art and future perspectives

Physica Medica

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 619-634

  Clark, D P ^a   Badea, C T ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone; Heart; Lung; Micro CT; Nanoparticles; Rodents; Tumors; X ray

Indexed keywords

IOHEXOL; IOPAMIDOL; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

BONE REMODELING; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; GEOMETRY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE INFARCTION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG FIBROSIS; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PHENOTYPE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; RODENT; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; X RAY; X RAY DETECTOR; ANIMAL; DIAGNOSTIC USE; IMAGE PROCESSING; PROCEDURES;

RODENTIA;

ANIMALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIATION DOSAGE; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84906233069     PISSN: 11201797     EISSN: 1724191X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2014.05.011     Document Type: Review

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