Analysis of microvascular trees by means of scanning electron microscopy of vascular casts and 3D-morphometry

Italian Journal of Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 110, Issue 2 SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages 87-95

  Lametschwandtner, A ^a   Minnich, B ^a   Stottinger B ^a   Krautgartner, W D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

3D morphometry; Corrosion cast; Design principles; Optimality; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; BRAIN CIRCULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; FISH; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MICROCIRCULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VASCULARIZATION;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CORROSION CASTING; FISHES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

EID: 22244449264     PISSN: 11226714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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