A historical overview of the study and representation of uterine microvascular structures

Microvascular Research

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 80-89

  Manconi, Frank ^a   Thomas, Graham A ^a   Fraser, Ian S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Computer visualisation; Corrosion casting; Endometrial; Laser scanning confocal; Microscopy; Multiphoton emission; Quantitative measurements; Stereology; Three dimensional; Whole mount

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; ENDOMETRIUM; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; IN VIVO STUDY; MICRORADIOGRAPHY; MICROSCOPY; MICROVASCULATURE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STEREOLOGY; UTERINE BLOOD VESSEL; VASCULARIZATION;

ANATOMY; ANIMALS; BLOOD VESSELS; CORROSION CASTING; FEMALE; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICRORADIOGRAPHY; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE, MULTIPHOTON; MODELS, ANATOMIC; UTERUS;

EID: 73449130800     PISSN: 00262862     EISSN: 10959319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mvr.2009.11.001     Document Type: Review

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