Image processing techniques for quantitative analysis of skin structures

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 167-180

  Sanders, J E ^a   Goldstein, B S ^b,c   Leotta, D F ^a   Richards, K A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Computerized morphometry; Image processing; Quantitative morphology; Skin

Indexed keywords

CELLS; COLLAGEN; COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL IMAGING; SKIN;

COMPUTERIZED MORPHOMETRY;

MEDICAL COMPUTING;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMOEPIDERMAL JUNCTION; EPIDERMIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE PROCESSING; MECHANICAL STRESS; SHEAR STRESS; SKIN DEFECT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PRESSURE ULCER; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN; SOFTWARE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SWINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032939574     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2607(99)00003-6     Document Type: Article

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