Analysis of Orientations of Collagen Fibers by Novel Fiber-Tracking Software

Microscopy and Microanalysis

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 574-580

  Wu, Jun ^a   Rajwa, Bartłomiej ^b,c   Filmer, David L ^a   Hoffmann, Christoph M ^d   Yuan, Bo ^d   Chiang, Ching Shoei ^d   Sturgis, Jennie ^b   Robinson, J Paul ^b,e  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^d Purdue University   (United States)

^e PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collagen fibers; Confocal microscopy; ECM; Image processing; Orientation

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 0942267452     PISSN: 14319276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1431927603030277     Document Type: Article

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