Texture analysis of TEM micrographs of alginate gels for cell microencapsulation

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 58-66

  Brun, Francesco ^a,b   Accardo, Agostino ^a   Marchini, Maurizio ^c   Ortolani, Fulvia ^c   Turco, Gianluca ^a   Paoletti, Sergio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b SINCROTRONE TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alginate gels; Fractal analysis; Image analysis; Texture analysis; Transmission electron microscopy (TEM)

Indexed keywords

ALGINATE; CALCIUM; GELS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE TEXTURE; MORPHOLOGY;

ALGINATE GEL; CALCIUM ALGINATE; CALCIUM ALGINATE GELS; CELL MICROENCAPSULATION; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; GEL MIXTURE; IMAGE-ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTIC; TEXTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

FRACTAL DIMENSION;

EID: 78650389572     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: 10970029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20874     Document Type: Article

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