A semi-automated analysis method of small sensory nerve fibers in human skin-biopsies

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 185, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 325-337

  Tamura, Kazuyuki ^a   Mager, Violet A ^a,b   Burnett, Lindsey A ^a   Olson, John H ^c   Brower, Jeremy B ^d   Casano, Ashley R ^e   Baluch, Debra P ^c   Targovnik, Jerome H ^f   Windhorst, Rogier A ^g   Herman, Richard M ^e  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE OBSERVATORIES   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Arizona State University   (United States)

^e BANNER GOOD SAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f CARL T HAYDEN VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basement membrane; Computerized detection method; Confocal images; Small sensory nerve fibers; Visual classification

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL DENSITY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SKIN BIOPSY;

BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BIOPSY; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NERVE FIBERS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SKIN; SOFTWARE;

EID: 72249087570     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2009.10.011     Document Type: Article

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