A three-dimensional quantitative analysis of restenosis parameters after balloon angioplasty: Comparison between semi-automatic computer-assisted planimetry and stereology

Journal of Vascular Research

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 437-446

  Salu, Koen J ^a   Knaapen, Michiel W M ^b   Bosmans, Johan M ^a   Vrints, Chris J ^a   Bult, Hidde ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b HistoGeneX NV   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cavalieri; Planimetry; Point counting; Restenosis; Stereology

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERROR; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PLANIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESTENOSIS; STEREOLOGY;

ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; ANIMALS; AUTOMATION; CORONARY RESTENOSIS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; RABBITS;

EID: 0036389519     PISSN: 10181172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000064514     Document Type: Article

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