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Chapters
- 00:00Title
- 02:34Preparation: reagents
- 03:14Preparation: operating table
- 03:51Preparation: animal
- 04:15Microfil injection: Portal venous system
- 07:45Microfil injection: Hepatic venous system
- 08:43Results: Micro CT reconstruction
- 09:17Results: 3D color coded reconstructions of hepatic vascular trees and territories
- 09:43Results: Serial sections and reconstruction
Tools used for visualizing vascular regeneration require methods for contrasting the vascular trees. This film demonstrated a delicate injection technique used to achieve optimal contrasting of the vascular trees and illustrate the potential benefits resulting from a detailed analysis of the resulting specimen using µCT and histological serial sections.
