A LabVIEW Platform for Preclinical Imaging Using Digital Subtraction Angiography and Micro-CT

Figure 6

Examples of DSA imaging in a rat. (a) Pulmonary DSA obtained with a jugular vein injection with the catheter tip near the right atrium and contrast is seen in the right ventricle and major pulmonary arteries. (b) DSA of the liver and the lower abdomen. For imaging the portal vein system (blue), one catheter was inserted through a mesenteric vein and advanced into the portal vein. To view the arterial system (red), a second catheter was placed into the left common carotid and into the abdominal aorta to just above the celiac artery. Major vessels and sections of the liver are labeled. (c) Coronary artery DSA obtained with the catheter tip just cranial to the aortic valve and injecting contrast when the valve is closed. All major arteries are seen as well as some secondary and tertiary branches.