Imaging the beating heart in the mouse using intravital microscopy techniques

Nature Protocols

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1802-1819

  Vinegoni, Claudio ^a   Aguirre, Aaron D ^a   Lee, Sungon ^a,b   Weissleder, Ralph ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC GATED IMAGING; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIAC MUSCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLE; HEART BEAT; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART CYCLE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTRAVITAL MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX SURGERY; ANIMAL; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; HEART; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; HEART; INTRAVITAL MICROSCOPY; MICE; MYOCARDIUM; OPTICAL IMAGING;

EID: 84987811214     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2015.119     Document Type: Article

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