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Chapters
- 00:04Introduction
- 01:06Animal Preparation and Imaging Workflow
- 02:02Evaluation of Hepatic Lipid Deposition/Steatosis
- 03:21Functional Tissue Uptake/Lipid (Chylomicron) Transfer in the Liver
- 04:27Architecture and Density of the Hepatic Vascular Network
- 05:32Hepatic Relative Blood Volume
- 06:33Results: Average Contrast Values and the Micro‐CT Imaging in Mice with NAFLD and Healthy Controls
- 07:50Conclusion
Using a diet-induced non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) mouse model, we describe the use of novel in vivo micro-computed tomography imaging techniques as a non-invasive method to assess the progression stages of NAFLD, focusing predominantly on the hepatic vascular network due to its significant involvement in NAFLD-related hepatic dysregulation.
