Computer-assisted digital image analysis to quantify the mass and purity of isolated human islets before transplantation

Transplantation

Volumn 86, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1603-1609

  Niclauss, Nadja ^a   Sgroi, Antonino ^a   Morel, Philippe ^a   Baertschiger, Reto ^a   Armanet, Mathieu ^a   Wojtusciszyn, Anne ^a,b   Parnaud, Geraldine ^a   Muller, Yannick ^a   Berney, Thierry ^a   Bosco, Domenico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b LAPEYRONIE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Human islet; Islet isolation; Quality control; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

DITHIZONE; MICROSPHERE; GLASS;

ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CELL ISOLATION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PANCREAS ISLET CELL; PANCREAS ISLET TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ALGORITHM; CELL SEPARATION; CYTOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; PANCREAS; PANCREAS ISLET; PATHOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY; TRANSPLANTATION;

ALGORITHMS; CELL SEPARATION; GLASS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS TRANSPLANTATION; MICROSCOPY; MICROSPHERES; PANCREAS; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 58149332689     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e31818f671a     Document Type: Article

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