Computer-assisted analysis of the extracellular matrix of connective tissue

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3034, Issue , 1997, Pages 950-963

  Krucinski, Slawomir ^a   Krucinska, Izabella ^b   Veeravanallur, Srinivasan ^a   Slot, Krzysztof ^c  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b LODZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZIELONA GÓRA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Connective tissue structure; Fiber orientation; Light microscopy; Polarized light; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; CURVE FITTING; DIGITAL IMAGE STORAGE; FACE RECOGNITION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEMS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; SURFACE ANALYSIS; TEXTILE PROCESSING; TISSUE;

CONNECTIVE TISSUE STRUCTURE; FIBER ORIENTATION; LIGHT MICROSCOPY; POLARIZED LIGHT; SEGMENTATION;

FIBERS;

EID: 0005485820     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.274184     Document Type: Conference Paper

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