Measuring the velocity of fluorescently labelled red blood cells with a keyhole tracking algorithm

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 229, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 162-173

  Reyes Aldasoro, C C ^a   Akerman, S ^a   Tozer, G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Keyhole tracking model; Red blood cell tracking; Tumour vasculature

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BLOOD VESSELS; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; MAMMALS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; TRACKING (POSITION); VIDEO RECORDING;

BLOOD FLOW; CELL TRACKING; KEYHOLE TRACKING MODEL; RED BLOOD CELL; RED BLOOD CELL TRACKING; SEGMENTED CELL; TRACKING ALGORITHM; TRACKING MODELS; TUMOR VASCULATURE; VIDEO SEQUENCES;

TUMORS;

FLUORESCENT DYE;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL MOTION; ERYTHROCYTE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPE IMAGE; MICROSCOPY; MICROVASCULATURE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN FLAP; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

MUS;

EID: 37349017365     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2007.01877.x     Document Type: Article

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