Fast glomerular quantification of whole ex vivo mouse kidneys using Magnetic Resonance Imaging at 9.4 Tesla

Zeitschrift fur Medizinische Physik

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 54-62

  Chacon Caldera, Jorge ^a   Geraci, Stefania ^a   Krämer, Philipp ^a   Cullen McEwen, Luise ^b   Bertram, John F ^b   Gretz, Norbert ^a   Schad, Lothar R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cationized ferritin; Glomerular number; Mouse kidneys; Nephron number; Stereology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EX VIVO STUDY; GLOMERULUS BASEMENT MEMBRANE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; KIDNEY SIZE; MALE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; VALIDATION PROCESS; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CYTOLOGY; GLOMERULUS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IN VITRO STUDY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IN VITRO TECHNIQUES; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84953325405     PISSN: 09393889     EISSN: 18764436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zemedi.2015.12.008     Document Type: Article

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