Three-dimensional measurement and visualization of morphogenesis applied to cardiac embryology

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 225, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 269-274

  Soufan, A T ^a   Van Den Berg, G ^a   Moerland, P D ^b   Massink, M M G ^a   Van Den Hoff, M J B ^a   Moorman, A F M ^a   Ruijter, J M ^a,b  

^a Academic Clinical Center   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

3D visualization; Embryology; Heart development; Quantitative reconstruction

Indexed keywords

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MORPHOLOGY; SURFACE RECONSTRUCTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; VISUALIZATION;

3D VISUALIZATION; CARDIOMYOCYTES; EMBRYOLOGY; HEART DEVELOPMENT; KEY PROCESS; QUANTITATIVE RECONSTRUCTION; SURFACES RECONSTRUCTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL VISUALIZATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEASUREMENTS; VOLUME GROWTH;

HEART;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART MUSCLE CELL; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 33947244055     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2007.01742.x     Document Type: Article

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