Non-invasive microstructure and morphology investigation of the mouse lung: qualitative description and quantitative measurement.

BACKGROUND: Early detection of lung cancer is known to improve the chances of successful treatment. However, lungs are soft tissues with complex three-dimensional configuration. Conventional X-ray imaging is based purely on absorption resulting in very low contrast when imaging soft tissues without...

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Main Authors: Lu Zhang, Dongyue Li, Shuqian Luo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3045447?pdf=render