Quantitative analysis of collagen fiber angle in the submucosa of small intestine

Computers in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 539-550

  Yu, Jidong ^a   Zeng, Yanjun ^a   Zhao, Jingbo ^b   Liao, Donghua ^a,b   Gregersen, Hans ^b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Collagen fiber angle; Image processing; Intestinal slice; Intestinal submucosa; Scleroderma

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; IMAGE PROCESSING; LIGHT POLARIZATION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

SMALL INTESTINES; SUBMUCOSA;

COLLAGEN;

COLLAGEN FIBER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; NONHUMAN; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SMALL INTESTINE MUCOSA; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; COLLAGEN; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; INTESTINE, SMALL; MICROSCOPY, POLARIZATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

ANIMALIA; SCLERODERMA;

EID: 3242697809     PISSN: 00104825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2003.06.001     Document Type: Article

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