Quantitative echotexture analysis of bovine corpora lutea

Theriogenology

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1345-1352

  Tom, J W ^a   Pierson, R A ^b   Adams, G P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cattle; CL; Echotexture; Image analysis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD SAMPLING; CATTLE; CORPUS LUTEUM; CORPUS LUTEUM FUNCTION; ECHOGRAPHY; ESTRUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; STATISTICS; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CORPUS LUTEUM; ESTRUS; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PROGESTERONE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 0032080051     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(98)00081-8     Document Type: Article

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