Figure 4
Spinal cord vascular visualization and 3D characteristic labeling. (a) Simultaneous 3D imaging of the micro-vascular network and microstructure in rat spinal cord using the SR technique. (b) Most tiny vessels are distributed in the gray matter from longitudinal virtual tissue sections. (c) The 3D micro-vascular network extracted from (b). (d) A clear framework for 3D characteristic labeling of the spinal cord vasculature based on the different diameters of the vessels. (e) Quantitative analysis of the vascular number or diameter is demonstrated. |