Stereology: a simplified and more time-efficient method than planimetry for the quantitative analysis of vascular structures in different models of intimal thickening

Cardiovascular Pathology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 43-50

  Van Vré, Emily A ^a   van Beusekom, Heleen M ^b   Vrints, Christiaan J ^a   Bosmans, Johan M ^a   Bult, Hidde ^a   Van der Giessen, Willem J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Intimal thickening; Planimetry; Restenosis; Stereology; Vascular area measurements

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED PLANIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STEREOLOGY; SWINE; TIME; VASCULAR TISSUE;

ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ILIAC ARTERY; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RABBITS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SWINE; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 33845999954     PISSN: 10548807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carpath.2006.08.001     Document Type: Article

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