Physiological Imaging - Erik L. Ritman

Glossary of Terms

Axial — Aligned with the axis of rotation of a CT scanner

Control — Usually are animals not subjected to any interventions

Coronal — A section oriented in the plane connecting left to right and head to foot

Distal — Away from the center of the body or the origin of an artery

Knockout — Short hand for selective removal of a particular gene

MIP — Maximum Intensity Projection of the 3D Micro-CT image grey scale, ie the brightest grey scale value along each line of sight through the 3D image

Phenoscope — Phenotype is visualized (scope) by 3D Micro-CT imaging

Proximal — Close to the center of the body

Render — The 3D surface of an imaged object is displayed in 2D

Sagittal — A section oriented in the plane front to back and head to foot

Trans axial — At right angles to an axis usually the head to foot axis of the body and/or axis of rotation of a CT scan

Transverse — A section oriented left to right and front to back

Volume Image — 3D image data set

Voxel — A 3D volume picture element (pixel)