A "geographic information systems" based technique for the study of microvascular networks

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 42-47

  Roth, Noah M ^a   Kiani, Mohammad F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital image processing; GIS; Intravital microscopy; Ionizing radiation; Microcirculation; Physiome Project

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; HAMSTER; HISTOLOGY; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; SYRIAN HAMSTER;

ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; HEMORHEOLOGY; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; MICROCIRCULATION; MODELS, ANATOMIC;

EID: 0032622206     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1114/1.204     Document Type: Article

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