A semi-automated assessment of cell size and shape in monolayers, with optional adjustment for the cell - Cell border width - Application to human corneal endothelium

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 283-295

  Oblak, E ^a   Doughty, M J ^a   Oblak, L ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Automated analysis; Cell area; Cell density; Cornea; Digitiser pad; Endothelium; Image analysis; Intercellular space; Morphometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CELL DENSITY; CELL SHAPE; CELL SIZE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERCELLULAR SPACE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MICROSCOPE; MONOLAYER CULTURE; MORPHOMETRICS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRINTING; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 0036699878     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-8166(02)00022-8     Document Type: Article

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