Fibered confocal fluorescence microscopy (Cell-viZio™) facilitates extended imaging in the field of microcirculation: A comparison with intravital microscopy

Journal of Vascular Research

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 400-411

  Laemmel, Elisabeth ^a   Genet, Magalie ^b   Le Goualher, Georges ^b   Perchant, Aymeric ^b   Le Gargasson, Jean François ^b   Vicaut, Eric ^a  

^a Laboratoire d'Etude de la Microcirculation   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Fibered confocal microscopy; Fluorescence microscopy; Intravital microscopy; Micro invasiveness; Microcirculation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CAPILLARY DENSITY; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROCIRCULATION; MORPHOMETRICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; CAPILLARIES; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; CONJUNCTIVA; DERMATITIS, PHOTOTOXIC; ERYTHROCYTES; FIBER OPTICS; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PLATELET AGGREGATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPLANCHNIC CIRCULATION; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 9144243915     PISSN: 10181172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000081209     Document Type: Article

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