Morphologic quantification of heterogeneous parenchyma [11]

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1421-1422

  Mitzner, Wayne ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; LETTER; LUNG ALVEOLUS SURFACE TENSION; LUNG ALVEOLUS WALL; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG PARENCHYMA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; STEREOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE SECTION;

ALGORITHMS; ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; ANIMALS; AUTOMATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EMPHYSEMA; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUNG VOLUME MEASUREMENTS; MICE; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33646356223     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01301.2005     Document Type: Letter

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