Segmentation and analysis of the glomerular basement membrane in renal biopsy samples using active contours: A pilot study

Journal of Digital Imaging

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 323-331

  Rangayyan, Rangaraj M ^a   Kamenetsky, Ilya ^a   Benediktsson, Hallgrimur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Active contours; Glomerular basement membrane; Segmentation; Skeletonization

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE CONTOUR MODELING; ACTIVE CONTOURS; BIOPSY SAMPLES; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; GLOMERULAR BASEMENT MEMBRANE; IMAGE PROCESSING - METHODS; MORPHOLOGICAL IMAGE PROCESSING; PILOT STUDIES; RENAL DISEASE; SKELETONIZATION; STANDARD DEVIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEM; TEM IMAGES;

BIOPSY; EDGE DETECTION; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEMS; PROCESSING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BUILDINGS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS BASEMENT MEMBRANE; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; KIDNEY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMATION; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHIES; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR BASEMENT MEMBRANE; HEMATURIA; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 77952240575     PISSN: 08971889     EISSN: 1618727X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10278-009-9188-6     Document Type: Article

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