The importance of routine quality control for reproducible pulmonary measurements by in vivo micro-CT

Abstract Micro-computed tomography (CT) imaging provides densitometric and functional assessment of lung diseases in animal models, playing a key role either in understanding disease progression or in drug discovery studies. The generation of reliable and reproducible experimental data is strictly d...

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Main Authors: Martina Mambrini, Laura Mecozzi, Erica Ferrini, Ludovica Leo, Davide Bernardi, Andrea Grandi, Nicola Sverzellati, Livia Ruffini, Mario Silva, Franco Fabio Stellari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-13477-7