Three-dimensional visualization and quantitation of fibrin in solid tumors by confocal laser scanning microscopy

Cytometry

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 122-127

  Biggerstaff, J ^a   Amirkhosravi, A ^a   Francis, J L ^a  

^a FLORIDA HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Coagulation; Confocal laser scanning microscopy; Fibrin; Image analysis; Microvessel density; Neoplasms

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; MOUSE; NEUROBLASTOMA CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; ANTICOAGULANTS; FEMALE; FIBRIN; FROZEN SECTIONS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; NEUROBLASTOMA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STAINING AND LABELING; WARFARIN;

EID: 0030752065     PISSN: 01964763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0320(19971001)29:2<122::AID-CYTO4>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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