Resolution and reproducibility of measures of the diameter of small collagen fibrils by transmission electron microscopy - Application to the rabbit corneal stroma

Micron

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 331-343

  Doughty, Michael J ^a   Bergmanson, Jan P G ^b  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnification effects; Morphometry

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ANALYSIS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ELECTRON MICROGRAPHS; FIBRIL DIAMETER (FD); MORPHOMETRY; REGION OF INTEREST (ROI);

COLLAGEN;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 17844382479     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2005.01.003     Document Type: Article

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