Computer-assisted morphometric analysis of the heart

Analytical and Quantitative Cytology and Histology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 129-136

  Beltrami, Carlo Alberto ^a,b   Mea, Vincenzo Delia ^a   Finato, Nicoletta ^a   Rocco, Maurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b Piazza S Maria Della Misericordia ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

heart; image analysis, computer assisted

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; FIBROSIS; HEART DILATATION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CARDIOMYOPATHIES; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0029874871     PISSN: 08846812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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