Journal: PLoS ONE

Article Title: Macroscopic Fluorescence Imaging: A Novel Technique to Monitor Retention and Distribution of Injected Microspheres in an Experimental Model of Ischemic Heart Failure

doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0101775

Figure Lengend Snippet: Advantages and disadvantages of different imaging methods for monitoring of intramyocardial injections.

Article Snippet: Non-biodegradable, fluorescent polystyrene microspheres of 10-μm diameter (Fluorospheres, Beckman Coulter, USA; light emission of 525–700 nm wavelengths when excited at 488 nm) were used as cell surrogates.

Techniques: Imaging, Functional Assay, Luciferase, In Vivo, Ex Vivo

Journal: Animal Nutrition

Article Title: Revealing the physical restrictions of caecal influx in broilers through the use of solid and soluble markers

doi: 10.1016/j.aninu.2024.12.004

Figure Lengend Snippet: Boxplots of total counts of 5-μm fluorescent polystyrene beads per tile scan by ImageJ for ileal digesta on d 9 (A), ileal digesta on d 29 (B), caecal digesta on d 9 (C) and caecal digesta on d 29 (D) of broilers 1 h after bolus administration compared to control broilers ( n = 7 per age group). a, b Different letters indicate a significant difference in mean bead count between treatments ( P < 0.05).

Article Snippet: The bolus contained the soluble marker Cr-EDTA (954 μL/mL) and three types of solid fluorescent polystyrene microbeads (Spherotech, Gentaur, Kampenhout, Belgium) with average particle sizes (D50) of 5 μm (1%, wt/vol), 15 μm (0.2%, wt/vol) and 30 μm (1%, wt/vol) with a concentration of respectively 9, 9 and 26 μL/mL in the bolus.

Techniques: Control