Image analysis on corneal opacity: A novel method to estimate postmortem interval in rabbits

Journal of Huazhong University of Science and Technology - Medical Science

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 235-239

  Zhou, Lan ^a   Liu, Yan ^a   Liu, Liang ^a,b   Zhuo, Luo ^a   Liang, Man ^a   Yang, Fan ^a   Ren, Liang ^a   Zhu, Shaohua ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AND LAW   (China)

Author keywords

corneal opacity; forensic medicine; image analysis; postmortem interval

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CORNEA; CORNEA OPACITY; FORENSIC MEDICINE; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; CORNEA; CORNEAL OPACITY; FORENSIC MEDICINE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; RABBITS;

EID: 77955856652     PISSN: 16720733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11596-010-0221-2     Document Type: Article

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