Extended confocal microscopy of myocardial laminae and collagen network

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 139-150

  Young, A A ^a   Legrice, I J ^a   Young, M A ^a   Smaill, B H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Confocal fluorescence microscopy; Extended volume image; Myocardial blood vessels; Myocardial collagen; Myocyte organization; Picrosirius red; Three dimensional cardiac microstructure

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HEART; VOLUME RENDERING;

CARDIAC MICROSTRUCTURES; CONFOCAL FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; EXTENDED VOLUME; EXTENDED VOLUME IMAGE; MYOCARDIAL BLOOD VESSEL; MYOCARDIAL COLLAGEN; MYOCYTE ORGANIZATION; MYOCYTES; PICROSIRIU RED; THREE- DIMENSIONAL CARDIAC MICROSTRUCTURE; VOLUME IMAGE;

COLLAGEN;

COLLAGEN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HEART MUSCLE; HEART VENTRICLE; IMAGE PROCESSING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0031766038     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.1998.00414.x     Document Type: Article

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