Using of Cells Analyser® software in the study of image of corneal specular microscope endothelial samples;Utilização do programa Cells Analyser® no estudo comparativo entre imagens do endotélio de córneas obtidas por microscopia especular

Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 79-82

  de Melo, Cinthia Mendonça ^a   dos Santos, Procópio Miguel ^a,b   dos Santos, Regina Cândido Ribeiro ^a,b   Abib, Fernando César ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b Faculdade de Medicina do Distrito Federal FEPECS   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Comparative study; Endothelium, corneal; Microscopy methods; Reproducibility of results; Software; Statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL COUNT; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58849085134     PISSN: 00042749     EISSN: 16782925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-27492008000100017     Document Type: Article

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