Validation of an automated computational method for skeletal muscle fibre morphometry analysis

Neuromuscular Disorders

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 540-547

  Garton, Fleur ^a,b   Seto, Jane T ^a,b   North, Kathryn N ^a,b   Yang, Nan ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b University of Sydney   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fibre sizes; Immunohistochemistry; Myosin heavy chain; Skeletal muscle fibre types

Indexed keywords

DYSTROPHIN;

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONGENITAL FIBER TYPE DISPROPORTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MORPHOMETRICS; MOUSE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; AUTOMATION; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; CHILD; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOMERISM; MICE; MUSCLE FIBERS, FAST-TWITCH; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; MUSCLE FIBERS, SLOW-TWITCH; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; MYOPATHIES, STRUCTURAL, CONGENITAL; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS;

EID: 77955271934     PISSN: 09608966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2010.06.012     Document Type: Article

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