Imaging and modelling from serial microscopic sections for the study of anatomy

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 276-284

  Durikovic R ^a   Kaneda, K ^a   Yamashita, H ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biological structures; Feature identification; Three dimensional modelling; Topological reconstruction

Indexed keywords

MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; TOPOLOGY;

ANATOMY; TOPOLOGICAL RECONSTRUCTION;

PATIENT MONITORING;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; IMAGE PROCESSING; TECHNIQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE SECTION;

ANATOMY; EMBRYOLOGY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROTOMY; MODELS, ANATOMIC;

EID: 0032078156     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02522471     Document Type: Article

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