X-ray Micro-Computed Tomography: An Emerging Technology to Analyze Vascular Calcification in Animal Models
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X-ray micro-computed tomography
Micro-computed tomography (μCT) has been successfully used to study the cardiovascular system of mouse embryos in situ. With the use of barium as a suitablecontrast agent, blood vessels have beenimaged and analysed quantitatively such asblood volume and vessel sizes on embryosof ages 14.5 to 16.5 days old. The advantageof using this imaging modality is that it hasprovide...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Molecular Sciences
سال: 2020
ISSN: 1422-0067
DOI: 10.3390/ijms21124538