Morphometric characterization of murine articular cartilage-novel application of confocal laser scanning microscopy

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 650-658

  Stok, Kathryn S ^a   Müller, Ralph ^a,b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bias; Cartilage morphometry; Murine arthritis models; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASES; HISTOLOGY; JOINTS (ANATOMY); SURFACE ANALYSIS;

ARTICULAR CARTILAGES; BIAS; CARTILAGE MORPHOMETRY; CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY; CONFOCAL-LASER-SCANNING-MICROSCOPY; MORPHOMETRY; MURINE ARTHRITIS MODEL; MURINE MODEL; NOVEL APPLICATIONS; REPRODUCIBILITIES;

CARTILAGE;

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CALIBRATION; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; THICKNESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIBIA; VALIDATION STUDY;

MURINAE; MUS;

EID: 67949090066     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: 10970029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20713     Document Type: Article

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