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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jul 13.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Probl Cardiol. 2009 Apr;34(4):145–217. doi: 10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2008.12.002

FIG 5.

FIG 5

In vivo spin-echo image reformatted to display the aorta of one cholesterol-fed rabbit in long axis from the renal arteries to the diaphragm (top) and at single transverse level (bottom) before (pre) and after (post) treatment; images are displayed after semiautomated segmentation (segmented, grayish ring), and with color-coded signal enhancement (enhancement) above baseline (in percent). (Reprinted with permission from Winter P, Morawski A, Caruthers S. Molecular imaging of angiogenesis in early-stage atherosclerosis with alpha(v)beta3-integrin-targeted nanoparticles. Circulation 2003;108:2270–4.)