Quantification of the morphological features of a full microvascular network

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 621-626

  Bidiwala, S B ^a   Mansour, M S ^b   Stengel, C K ^a   Klein, S A ^a   Carroll, S M ^a,c   Koenig, S C ^a   Desoky, A H ^b   Tobin, G R ^a   Maldonado, C ^a   Barker, J H ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^c University College Cork and INFANT Centre   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Diameter; Length; Microcirculation; Tortuosity

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; FEATURE EXTRACTION; MEDICAL IMAGING; MICROCIRCULATION; MUSCLE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; RELIABILITY; UNIX;

MICROVASCULAR NETWORK; MORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES; TORTUOSITY;

MEDICAL COMPUTING;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; LATISSIMUS DORSI MUSCLE; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROVASCULATURE; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RELIABILITY; STATISTICS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICE; MICE, INBRED HRS; MICROCIRCULATION; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 0032169830     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02524434     Document Type: Article

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