Semiautomatic Quantification of Angiogenesis

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 132-139

  Boettcher, Markus ^a   Gloe, Torsten ^b   de Wit, Cor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

angiogenesis; aortic ring assay; quantification; software; wound healing

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; COMPUTER PROGRAM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; AORTA; AUTOMATION; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICE; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; SOFTWARE;

EID: 77953292383     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2008.12.009     Document Type: Article

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