Document Detail


High spatial resolution measurements of organ blood flow in small laboratory animals.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  11045936     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
With the use of a newly developed Imaging Cryomicrotome to determine the spatial location of fluorescent microspheres in organs, we validate and report our processing algorithms for measuring regional blood flow in small laboratory animals. Microspheres (15-microm diameter) of four different fluorescent colors and one radioactive label were simultaneously injected into the left ventricle of a pig. The heart and kidneys were dissected, and the numbers of fluorescent and radioactive microspheres were determined in 10 randomly selected pieces. All microsphere counts fell well within the 95% expected confidence limits as determined from the radioactive counts. Fluorescent microspheres (15-microm diameter) of four different colors were also injected into the tail vein of a rat and the left ventricle of a rabbit. After correction for Poisson noise, correlation coefficients between the colors were 0.99 +/- 0.02 (means +/- SD) for the rabbit heart and 0.99 +/- 0.02 for the rat lung. Mathematical dissection algorithms, statistics to analyze the spatial data, and methods to visualize blood flow distributions in small animal organs are presented.
Authors:
S L Bernard; J R Ewen; C H Barlow; J J Kelly; S McKinney; D A Frazer; R W Glenny
Related Documents :
20060606 - Illustration of the heart and blood vessels in medieval times.
1994406 - Quantification of vascular stenosis with color doppler flow imaging: in vitro investiga...
9798236 - High-frequency color doppler sonography of the submandibular gland: relationship betwee...
8765686 - Colored microsphere technique as a new method for quantitative-multiple estimation of r...
2074556 - Acute hemolytic transfusion reaction in an abyssinian cat with blood type b.
10166376 - Comparison of a colorimetric end-tidal co2 detector and an esophageal aspiration device...
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Validation Studies    
Journal Detail:
Title:  American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology     Volume:  279     ISSN:  0363-6135     ISO Abbreviation:  Am. J. Physiol. Heart Circ. Physiol.     Publication Date:  2000 Nov 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2000-11-17     Completed Date:  2000-12-28     Revised Date:  2003-11-14    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  100901228     Medline TA:  Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  H2043-52     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle 98195, USA. sbernard@u.washington.edu
Export Citation:
APA/MLA Format     Download EndNote     Download BibTex
MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Blood Flow Velocity*
Fluorescent Dyes / pharmacokinetics
Kidney / blood supply*,  cytology
Lung / blood supply*,  cytology
Microspheres
Models, Cardiovascular
Myocardium / metabolism*
Poisson Distribution
Rabbits
Rats
Regional Blood Flow / physiology*
Swine
Tissue Distribution
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Fluorescent Dyes

From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine


Previous Document:  Vascular endothelial growth factor is modulated in vascular muscle cells by estradiol, tamoxifen, an...
Next Document:  Endotoxin infusion in rats induces apoptotic and survival pathways in hearts.