Microscopy-based quantitative analysis of lung structure: Application in diagnosis

Expert Opinion on Medical Diagnostics

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 319-331

  Knudsen, Lars ^a   Ochs, Matthias ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

animal models; design based stereology; malignoma; pulmonary emphysema; pulmonary fibrosis; surfactant

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; CANCER CELL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG STRUCTURE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR PROBE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; STEREOLOGY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE SECTION;

EID: 79959610161     PISSN: 17530059     EISSN: 17530067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/17530059.2011.577414     Document Type: Review

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