A computerised, unbiased method for epithelial measurement

Micron

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 319-329

  Blomgren, Bo ^a,b   Johannesson, Ulrika ^c   Bohm Starke, Nina ^c   Falconer, Christian ^c   Hilliges, Marita ^d,e  

^a ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e HALMSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dermal papilla; Epithelium; Image analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DERMIS; EPIDERMIS; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOSA; STATISTICS; VAGINA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DERMIS; EPIDERMIS; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; SOFTWARE; VAGINA;

EID: 1542758454     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2003.11.016     Document Type: Article

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