Quantification of the ionising radiation effect over angiogenesis in the chick embryo and its chorioallantoic membrane by computerised analysis of angiographic images

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 333-338

  Karnabatidis, Dimitris ^a,b   Dimopoulos, J C A ^a   Siablis, D ^a   Papazafiropoulos, D ^a   Kalogeropoulou, C P ^a   Nikiforidis, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis, image analysis; Experimental; Ionising radiation

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHICK EMBRYO; CHORION; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; FETUS MEMBRANE; IMAGE PROCESSING; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TIME; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULARIZATION;

ALLANTOIS; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; CHORION; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035324586     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/028418501127346747     Document Type: Article

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