Automatic analysis of collagen fiber orientation in the outermost layer of human arteries

Pattern Analysis and Applications

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 269-284

  Elbischger, P J ^a   Bischof, H ^a,c,d   Regitnig, P ^a,b,e,f   Holzapfel, G A ^a,g,h  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^d K+ Competence Ctr Adv Comp Vision   (Austria)

^e K+ Competence Ctr Adv Comp Vision ^*

^f UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^g Graz University of Technology   (Austria)

^h STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanical modeling; Collagen fibers; Fiber orientation; Fibrils; Microscopic images; Soft tissue; Structural analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 12844249556     PISSN: 14337541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10044-004-0224-3     Document Type: Article

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