Utilizing 3D printing technology to merge MRI with histology: A protocol for brain sectioning

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn 2016, Issue 118, 2016, Pages

  Luciano, Nicholas J ^a   Sati, Pascal ^a   Nair, Govind ^a   Guy, Joseph R ^a   Ha, Seung Kwon ^a   Absinta, Martina ^a   Chiang, Wen Yang ^a   Leibovitch, Emily C ^a   Jacobson, Steven ^a   Silva, Afonso C ^a   Reich, Daniel S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

3D printing; Brain; Histology; Human; Issue 118; Marmoset; MRI; Neuroscience

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BRAIN; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; THREE DIMENSIONAL PRINTING;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRINTING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 85008601449     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/54780     Document Type: Article

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