Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 35, Issue 7 , Pages 1209-1216 , July 2009

Ultrasound Biomicroscopy: A Powerful Tool Probing Murine Lymph Node Size in vivo

  • Mattéo R. Bosisio

      Affiliations

    • UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR 7623, Paris, France
    • CNRS, UMR 7623, Laboratoire d'Imagerie Paramétrique, Paris, France
    • Echosens SA, Research and Development Department, Paris, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: S. Lori Bridal and Matteo R. Bosisio, CNRS-UPMC, UMR 7623, Laboratoire d Imagerie Paramétrique, 15 rue de l'Ecole de Médicine, 75005, Paris, France.
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  • Corentin Maisonneuve

      Affiliations

    • UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR 7623, Paris, France
    • CNRS, UMR 7623, Laboratoire d'Imagerie Paramétrique, Paris, France
    • ,
  • Sylvie Gregoire

      Affiliations

    • CNRS, UMR 7087, Laboratoire de Biologie et Thérapeutique des Pathologies Immunitaire, Paris, France
    • ,
  • Adrian Kettaneh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, 75012 Paris, Assistance Publique/Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, France
    • ,
  • Christopher G. Mueller

      Affiliations

    • CNRS UPR 9021, Immunologie et Chimie Thérapeutiques, IBMC, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
    • ,
  • S. Lori Bridal

      Affiliations

    • UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR 7623, Paris, France
    • CNRS, UMR 7623, Laboratoire d'Imagerie Paramétrique, Paris, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: S. Lori Bridal and Matteo R. Bosisio, CNRS-UPMC, UMR 7623, Laboratoire d Imagerie Paramétrique, 15 rue de l'Ecole de Médicine, 75005, Paris, France.

Received 26 August 2008 ,Revised 13 January 2009 ,Accepted 19 February 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2009.02.005

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 35, Issue 7 , Pages 1209-1216 , July 2009

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