Application of mathematical morphology to the quantification of in vitro endothelial cell organization into tubular-like structures

Cellular and Molecular Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 22-35

  Angulo, J ^a   Matou, S ^b,c  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Endothelial cells; Granulometry; Mathematical morphology; Morphological wavefront; Quantitative image analysis; Top hat transformation; Watershed

Indexed keywords

EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SULFATION;

ALGORITHMS; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SHAPE; CELL SIZE; COLLAGEN; DRUG COMBINATIONS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LAMININ; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; POLYSACCHARIDES; PROTEOGLYCANS;

EID: 34249002246     PISSN: 01455680     EISSN: 1165158X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1170/T784     Document Type: Article

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