A comparative study of histogram-based thresholding methods for the determination of cell-free layer width in small blood vessels

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Namgung, Bumseok ^a   Ong, Peng Kai ^a   Wong, Yun Hui ^a   Lim, Dohyung ^b   Chun, Keyoung Jin ^b   Kim, Sangho ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Korea Institute of Industrial Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cell free layer; Hemodynamics; Thresholding method

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; GRAPHIC METHODS; HEMODYNAMICS; HIGH SPEED CAMERAS;

AUTOMATED METHODS; CELL-FREE; CELL-FREE LAYER; COMPARATIVES STUDIES; FREE LAYERS; HAEMODYNAMICS; LAYER WIDTH; MICROVASCULAR; THRESHOLDING ALGORITHMS; THRESHOLDING METHODS;

BLOOD VESSELS;

RATTUS;

EID: 78149303233     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: 13616579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/31/9/N01     Document Type: Article

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