Image-based determination of chord lengths in air-dried lungs

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 219, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 160-166

  Rosenthal, Frank S ^a   Begum, Z A ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air dried; Chord length; Contrast; Dog; Emphysema; Image; Lung; Mean linear intercept; Sheep; Stereology

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; STATISTICS;

AIR-DRIED; CHORD LENGTHS; CONTRAST; DOG; EMPHYSEMA; IMAGE; LUNG; MEAN LINEAR INTERCEPT; SHEEP; STEREOLOGY;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

TOLONIUM CHLORIDE;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; IMAGE PROCESSING; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG PRESSURE; LUNG VOLUME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; STAINING; STEREOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; THICKNESS; TISSUE FIXATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 26244445185     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2005.01507.x     Document Type: Article

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