Three-dimensional reconstruction of senile plaques in Alzheimer's disease

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 186, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 263-269

  Rickert, C H ^a   Filler, T J ^b   Gullotta, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b INST OF REPRO MED OF THE UNIV   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Amyloid; Dementia; Image analysis; Neurofibrillary tangles; Reflection contrast microscopy; Senile plaques; Silver impregnation; Tau; Three dimensional reconstruction

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; GLYCOPROTEINS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; SILVER; TISSUE;

ALZHEIMERS DISEASE; AMYLOID; DEMENTIA; IMAGE-ANALYSIS; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; REFLECTION CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; SENILE PLAQUES; SILVER IMPREGNATION; TAU; THREE-DIMENSIONAL RECONSTRUCTION;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MICROSCOPE IMAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENILE PLAQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0030743921     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.1997.2100774.x     Document Type: Article

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