Tiam Mana Saffari

82 CHAPTER 4 tools for studying and understanding vascular development and the mechanisms of neoangiogenesis. CONCLUSIONS This study provides accurate objective analysis of the newly formed vascular network of the sciatic nerve. The use of the micro CT and conventional photography provides many modalities for vascular exploration, allowing the exploration of the structure and organization of blood vessels. These imaging methods are easily reproducible and could be extrapolated to any other desired target organ ex vivo in small animals to investigate the vascular network. Acknowledgments Artwork of Figure 1 was created by Jim Postier, Rochester, MN. Disclosure statement No competing financial interests exist.