Three-dimensional imaging of the mouse heart and vasculature using micro-CT and whole-body perfusion of iodine or phosphotungstic acid

Contrast Media and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 383-390

  Dunmore Buyze, P Joy ^a   Tate, Elsbeth ^a   Xiang, Fu Li ^b   Detombe, Sarah A ^a   Nong, Zengxuan ^a   Pickering, J Geoffrey ^a,b   Drangova, Maria ^a,b  

^a ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular; Contrast enhancement; Micro CT; Mouse; Perfusion

Indexed keywords

IODINE; PHOSPHOTUNGSTIC ACID; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AORTA WALL; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CARDIAC IMAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; HEART; HEART MUSCLE; HISTOLOGY; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; ISOLATED HEART; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MICROVASCULATURE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VASCULARIZATION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; DIAGNOSTIC USE; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY VESSELS; HEART; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; IODINE; MICE; PHOSPHOTUNGSTIC ACID; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84907968283     PISSN: 15554309     EISSN: 15554317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cmmi.1588     Document Type: Article

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