Determination of the unit size of the corneal endothelial cell mosaic from Fourier component image analysis

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 229-238

  Doughty, M J ^a   Spiteri, M ^a   Dilts, D M ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bovine; Cornea; Image analysis

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CELL SIZE; CORNEA; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; FOURIER ANALYSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 0030975487     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-8166(97)80023-7     Document Type: Article

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