Automatic estimation of endothelium cell density in donor corneas by means of Fourier analysis

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 725-731

  Foracchia, M ^a,b   Ruggeri, Alfredo ^b  

^a M2 Scientific Computing ^*  (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Corneal endothelium; Donor corneas; Eye bank; Fourier analysis; Image analysis; Microscopy

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; VISION;

CELL DENSITY; CORNEAS; HUMAN GRAFTS;

CELLS;

ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; CELL DENSITY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; DONOR; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXPERT SYSTEM; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; OBSERVER VARIATION; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ALGORITHMS; CELL COUNT; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; EYE BANKS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 6344280746     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02347557     Document Type: Article

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