• MeSH
• Arterioles diagnostic imaging   pathology   MeSH
• Adult MeSH
• Middle Aged MeSH
• Humans MeSH
• Adolescent MeSH
• Young Adult MeSH
• Retinal Vessels diagnostic imaging   pathology   MeSH
• Schizophrenia diagnostic imaging   pathology   MeSH
• Aged MeSH
• Venules diagnostic imaging   pathology   MeSH
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• Letter MeSH

We performed micro-CT imaging of the vascular blood supply in the interscapular area of the brown adipose tissue in three mice with the use of intravascular contrast agent Aurovist™. Resulting 3D data rendering was then adapted into 2D resolution with visualization using false color system and grayscale images. These were then studied for the automatic quantification of the blood vessel density within this area. We found the highest most occurring density within arterioles or venules representing smaller blood vessels whereas with the increase of the vessel diameters a lower percentage rate of their presence was observed in the sample. Our study shows that micro-CT scanning in combination with Aurovist™ contrast is suitable for anatomical studies of interscapular area of brown adipose tissue blood vessel supply.

• MeSH
• Blood Vessels anatomy & histology   diagnostic imaging   MeSH
• Adipose Tissue, Brown anatomy & histology   blood supply   diagnostic imaging   MeSH
• Mice, Inbred C57BL MeSH
• Mice MeSH
• X-Ray Microtomography MeSH
• Venules anatomy & histology   diagnostic imaging   MeSH
• Imaging, Three-Dimensional MeSH
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• Mice MeSH
• Animals MeSH
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• Journal Article MeSH