Automated quantitative analysis of angiogenesis in the rat aorta model using Image-Pro Plus 4.1

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 75-79

  Blatt, Rebecca J ^a,b   Clark, Adam N ^a   Courtney, Jama ^b   Tully, Chris ^c   Tucker, Amy L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c Media Cybernetics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Image processing; Image Pro; Rat aorta model

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; CELLS; COLLAGEN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CELL PROLIFERATION; MICROVESSELS; QUANTIFICATION;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ACCURACY; ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MODEL; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT;

ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; BLOOD VESSELS; CELL DIVISION; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, ANIMAL; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; RATS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2442530401     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2003.11.001     Document Type: Article

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