Three-dimensional reconstruction of histological sections using modern product-design software

Anatomical Record

Volumn 249, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 510-516

  Haas, Alexander ^a,b   Fischer, Martin S ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b Inst F Spezielle Zool E   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computer imaging; Histological serial sections; Software; Three dimensional reconstruction; Virtual model

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TADPOLE; TISSUE SECTION;

ANIMALS; ANURA; CARTILAGE; EVALUATION STUDIES; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MANDIBLE; MICROTOMY; MORPHOGENESIS; SOFTWARE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 0030784812     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(199712)249:4<510::AID-AR11>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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