Contrast Enhanced Vessel Imaging using MicroCT

DOI :

10.3791/2377-v

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January 27th, 2011

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Suresh I. Prajapati^1,2, Charles Keller^1,3,4

¹Greehey Children's Cancer Research Institute, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio , ²Small Animal Imaging Resources facility, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio , ³Department of Cellular and Structural Biology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio , ⁴Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

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Contrast enhanced small animal vessel imaging by microCT is a rapid, cost-effective and high-throughput technique for serial in situ examination for tumor development, for analyzing the network of blood vessels that nourish them, and for following the response of tumors to preclinical therapeutic intervention(s).

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