Three-dimensional reconstruction of the equine ovary

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series C: Anatomia Histologia Embryologia

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 48-51

  Kimura, J ^a   Hirano, Y ^a   Takemoto, S ^a,b,c   Nambo, Y ^d   Ishinazaka, T ^a   Himeno, R ^a,c   Mishima, T ^a,b,c   Tsumagari, S ^a   Yokota, H ^a,c  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c RIKEN   (Japan)

^d EQUINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; FEMALE; HORSE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROTATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HORSES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; OVARY;

EID: 14544270343     PISSN: 03402096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0264.2004.00567.x     Document Type: Article

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