Normal and healing ligament vascularity: A quantitative histological assessment in the adult rabbit medial collateral ligament

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 87-95

  Bray, R C ^a,b   Rangayyan, R M ^a,b   Frank, C B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Image analysis; Injury; Joints; Microvasculature; Repair

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KNEE LIGAMENT INJURY; MICROVASCULATURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; TIME;

ANIMALS; CICATRIX; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MEDIAL COLLATERAL LIGAMENT, KNEE; MICROCIRCULATION; PERFUSION; RABBITS; TIME FACTORS; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0029993463     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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