Micro-CT and Histological Evaluation of an Neural Interface Implanted Within a Blood Vessel

Nicholas Lachlan Opie; Nicole R van der Nagel; Sam E John; Kirstan Vessey; Gil S Rind; Stephen M Ronayne; Erica L Fletcher; Clive N May; Terence J O'Brien; Thomas J Oxley

Journal article

Micro-CT and Histological Evaluation of an Neural Interface Implanted Within a Blood Vessel

Nicholas Lachlan Opie, Nicole R van der Nagel, Sam E John, Kirstan Vessey, Gil S Rind, Stephen M Ronayne, Erica L Fletcher, Clive N May, Terence J O'Brien, Thomas J Oxley

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering | IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC | Published : 2017

DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2016.2552226

University of Melbourne Researchers

Nicholas Opie Author Medicine - Royal Melbourne Hospital

Thomas Oxley Author Medicine - Royal Melbourne Hospital

Sam John Author Biomedical Engineering

Clive May Author Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Stephen Ronayne Author Medicine - Royal Melbourne Hospital

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Funding Acknowledgements

This work was supported by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency MTO Contract No. N66001-12-1-4045; Office of Naval Research Global No. N62909-14-1-N020; National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia Project Grant APP1062532 and Development Grant APP1075117. This research was undertaken, in part, on the Medical Imaging Beamline at the Australian Synchrotron, VIC, Australia. Asterisk indicates corresponding author.