Optimal preservation of porcine cardiac tissue prior to diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 227, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 695-701

  Agger, Peter ^a   Lass, Thomas ^a   Smerup, Morten ^a   Frandsen, Jesper ^a   Pedersen, Michael ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

ex vivo DTMRI; Fibre tracking; Myocardium; Preservation methods; Tractography

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL FIXATION; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; FREEZING; HEART; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART PERFUSION; HEART PRESERVATION; HISTOGRAM; IMMERSION; NONHUMAN; PIG; PRESERVATION AND STORAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACTOGRAPHY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANISOTROPY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; PROCEDURES; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANISOTROPY; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HEART; SWINE; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

EID: 84944213476     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/joa.12377     Document Type: Article

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