Ex vivo Morphometric Analysis of Coronary Stent using Micro-Computed Tomography

Ex vivo micro-computed tomography analysis of bleomycin-induced lung fibrosis for preclinical drug evaluation.

Research into the pathogenesis underlying the development of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is hampered by a repertoire of animal models that fail to recapitulate all the features of the human disease. Better use and understanding of what the animal models represent may improve clinical predictability. We interrogated ex vivo micro-computed tomography (CT) as a novel end-point measure in the mou...

Nondestructive analysis of urinary calculi using micro computed tomography

BACKGROUND Micro computed tomography (micro CT) has been shown to provide exceptionally high quality imaging of the fine structural detail within urinary calculi. We tested the idea that micro CT might also be used to identify the mineral composition of urinary stones non-destructively. METHODS Micro CT x-ray attenuation values were measured for mineral that was positively identified by infra...

Three-dimensional morphometric ontogeny of mollusc shells by micro-computed tomography and geometric analysis

As one of the essential components of the fossil record, shells of molluscs provide crucial data for taxonomic, phylogenetic or evolutionary studies. The mollusc shell has often very few discrete morphological characters, and its most important character is its three-dimensional (3-D) geometry, which is well diversified, continuous and highly integrated. However, standard morphometric methods r...

[Evaluation of coronary stent restenosis with multislice computed tomography].

Evaluation of coronary stent by cardiac computed tomography.

Mailing Address: Carlos Eduardo Rochitte • InCor Av. Dr. Enéas Carvalho de Aguiar, 44 – Andar AB – 05403-904 – São Paulo, SP, Brazil E-mail: [email protected] Percutaneous management of coronary artery disease (CAD) has evolved substantially with the introduction of coronary stents1. Today, coronary angioplasty with stent implantation accounts for the overwhelming majority of procedures (mo...