In Vivo Quantification of Myocardial Infarction in Mice Using Micro-CT and a Novel Blood Pool Agent

Figure 3

Axial micro-CT reconstruction image of mouse with myocardial infarction 210 min after injection of ExiTron MyoC 8000 at a dose of 1050 mg I/kg body weight ((a), = 350/700 HU) and corresponding microscopy image of histological section depicting viable tissue in red and infarct scar as well as local collagenous tissue in green (b). Note the viable papillary muscle (yellow asterisk), which can be identified in both the micro-CT reconstruction image and the microscopy image.