Morphology of the Vasculature and Blood Supply of the Brown Adipose Tissue Examined in an Animal Model by Micro-CT

Figure 4

(a) Black and white volume rendering of the segmented BAT structures. Lateral view of the right side (top) and above view (below) of the ROI (I-BAT vasculature). Only blood vessels are depicted. In the core, the microvasculature of the I-BAT is located while on the periphery there are larger vessels serving the blood supply. (b) Identical picture to the left side, in colors, representing all vessel diameters. Each color corresponds to specific vessel diameter (in micrometer scale below the picture). Images were generated using Dragonfly software [12]. H: head; T: tail.

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