A simplified implementation of edge detection in MATLAB is faster and more sensitive than fast fourier transform for actin fiber alignment quantification

Microscopy and Microanalysis

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 156-166

  Kemeny, Steven Frank ^a   Clyne, Alisa Morss ^a  

^a Drexel University   (United States)

Author keywords

actin fibers; edge detection; endothelium; image processing; MATLAB; shear stress

Indexed keywords

ACTIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FOURIER ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWINE;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE; SWINE;

EID: 79957490361     PISSN: 14319276     EISSN: 14358115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S143192761100002X     Document Type: Article

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