Creating a cross-sectional, CT and MR atlas of the Pannon minipig

Petneházy, Örs and Donkó, Tamás and Ellis, Rosie and Csóka, Ádám and Czeibert, Kálmán and Baksa, Gábor and Repa, Krisztina and Takács, Alíz and Repa, Imre and Moizs, Mariann (2021) Creating a cross-sectional, CT and MR atlas of the Pannon minipig. ANATOMIA HISTOLOGIA EMBRYOLOGIA, In pre. ISSN 0340-2096

Preview

Text Petnehazy2021_MinipigAtlas.pdf Download (2MB) | Preview

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to create a detailed cross-sectional anatomical reference atlas of the Pannon minipig by correlating good resolution CT and MR images with high quality cross-sectional anatomical images. According to the authors knowledge, no detailed anatomical atlas is available for the minipig.An adult female minipig was utilized for this purpose. The animal was placed in a PVC half tube, and CT generated images of 0.6 mm slice thickness and MR images of 1.41 mm slice thickness were obtained. The images covered the whole body from the most rostral portion of the snout to the tip of the tail. The CT and MR scans were aligned with frozen anatomical sections prepared with an anatomical band saw from the same animal and significant structures were identified and labelled. The terminology employed has been referenced from the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria 6th edition-2017.The resulting atlas consists of 109 anatomical slices and the corresponding 109 CT and 109 MR scans (altogether 327 images) and the nomenclature list for each image. Although this publication contains limited images of the resulted atlas, it is a reference source for anatomy education and clinical sciences. We are of the opinion that more comprehensive and especially online available interactive atlases should be prepared using similar methodology.

Actions (login required)

Edit Item