Measurements of the diameters of the great arteries and semi-lunar valves of chick and mouse embryos

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 234, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 173-190

  Weninger, W J ^a   Maurer, B ^a   Zendron, B ^a   Dorfmeister, K ^a   Geyer, S H ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

3D imaging; 3D reconstruction; Biometry; Development; Embryo; Gene function; Hereditary diseases; Morphometry

Indexed keywords

DATA HANDLING; HARVESTING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAMMALS; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

3D IMAGING; 3D RECONSTRUCTION; BIOMETRY; DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO; GENE FUNCTION; HEREDITARY DISEASE; MEASUREMENTS OF; MORPHOMETRY; MOUSE EMBRYOS;

BLOOD VESSELS;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA VALVE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; BIOMETRY; CHICK; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING AORTA; EMBRYO; EPISCOPIC MICROSCOPY; FETUS; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VALVE;

VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; AORTA; AORTIC VALVE; BIOMETRY; CHICK EMBRYO; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICE; MICROSCOPY; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY VALVE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 65349196723     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2009.03159.x     Document Type: Article

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