FIGURE 3.

For comparison (with Figures 1 and 2), the micro‐CT angioarchitecture profile of a rat fed (smaller meal of 5.94 g of Dietgel Recovery®) and given 6 hours for stomach emptying before perfusion and preparation with the Microfil® label; and micro‐CT imaging (90 kV; 88 µA; voxel size = 90 µm). Upper panel: profile on left is an exterior micro‐CT view of the ventral stomach wall arteries, and the profile on the right is a comparable exterior view of the dorsal stomach wall arteries (3D image cropped to include just dorsal or ventral features as appropriate). The profiles are 3D Slicer reconstructions of micro‐CT scan DICOM files. Lower panel: profile on left is an exterior micro‐CT view of the ventral stomach arteries mapped with MBF Biosciences’ Vesselucida®, and the profile on the right is a comparable exterior view of the dorsal stomach arteries mapped with Vesselucida® of the same animal. The figure was created by screen capture of the 3D Slicer and Vesselucida® images followed by import into Photoshop where images were resized with resampling as needed