Quantitative image analysis of connective tissue progenitors

Analytical and Quantitative Cytology and Histology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 112-121

  Powell, Kimerly A ^a,b   Nakamoto, Chizu ^a   Villarruel, Sandra ^a   Boehm, Cynthia ^a   Muschler, George ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b LifeSpan BioSciences Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated image analysis; Colony forming units; Colony morphology; Connective tissue progenitors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; CELL CULTURE; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BONE AND BONES; BONE MARROW CELLS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CONNECTIVE TISSUE CELLS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; OSTEOBLASTS; STEM CELLS;

EID: 34247546587     PISSN: 08846812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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