Simple method for quantifying disorientation of myofiber in endomyocardial biopsy specimens using an image analyzer

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 178, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 217-223

  Masuda, Tomoyuki ^a   Sato, Shin Ichiro ^a   Muro Oka, Genyoh ^a   Segawa, Ikuo ^a   Tashiro, Atsushi ^a   Hiramori, Katsuhiko ^a   Satodate, Ryoichi ^a  

^a IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Disarray; Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; Image analysis; Myofiber

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDITIS; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; BIOPSY; CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; ENDOMYOCARDIAL FIBROSIS; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDITIS; MYOCARDIUM;

EID: 0030103499     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.178.217     Document Type: Article

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