Automated computation of functional vascular density using laser speckle imaging in a rodent window chamber model

Microvascular Research

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 92-95

  White, Sean M ^a,b   George, Steven C ^a,c   Choi, Bernard ^a,b,c  

^a University of California at Irvine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; FUNCTIONAL VASCULAR DENSITY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGING; LASER SPECKLE IMAGING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICROVESSELS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SKIN;

RODENTIA;

EID: 79957846517     PISSN: 00262862     EISSN: 10959319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mvr.2011.03.006     Document Type: Article

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