Two- and three-dimensional computer graphic evaluation of the subacute spinal cord injury

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 121-137

  Moriarty, Loren J ^a   Duerstock, Bradley S ^a   Bajaj, Chandrajit L ^b   Lin, Kwunnan ^b   Borgens, Richard B ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

3 D Morphometry; Cavitation; Computer graphics; Macrophage; Neurotrauma; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGE; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TISSUE INJURY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032485457     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(97)00203-7     Document Type: Article

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