Longitudinal in vivo microcomputed tomography of mouse lungs: No evidence for radiotoxicity

American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology

Volumn 309, Issue 3, 2015, Pages L271-L279

  Vande Velde, Greetje ^a   De Langhe, Ellen ^b,c   Poelmans, Jennifer ^a   Bruyndonckx, Peter ^d   D’Agostino, Emiliano ^e   Verbeken, Erik ^f   Bogaerts, Ria ^f   Lories, Rik ^b,c   Himmelreich, Uwe ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF IMAGING AND PATHOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b SKELETAL BIOLOGY AND ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d Bruker microCT   (Belgium)

^e BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; In vivo lung imaging; Monte Carlo; Radiation safety

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOLOGY; IN VIVO STUDY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG INJURY; LUNG TOXICITY; MALE; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION SAFETY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; LUNG; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; LUNG; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84938629626     PISSN: 10400605     EISSN: 15221504     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00098.2015     Document Type: Article

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