Rapid quantification of myocardial fibrosis: A new macro-based automated analysis

Cellular Oncology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 343-354

  Hadi, Awal M ^a   Mouchaers, Koen T B ^a   Schalij, Ingrid ^a   Grunberg, Katrien ^a   Meijer, Gerrit A ^a   Vonk Noordegraaf, Anton ^a   Van Der Laarse, Willem J ^a   Beliën, Jeroen A M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Collagen; Fibrosis; Image analysis; Open source; Picrosirius red; Polarised light; Slide scanner; Stereology; Whole slide image

Indexed keywords

MONOCROTALINE; AZO COMPOUND; C.I. DIRECT RED 80; PARAFFIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RAT; STEREOLOGY; ANIMAL; AUTOMATION; BODY WEIGHT; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FIBROSIS; HEART MUSCLE; IMAGE PROCESSING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TIME; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; AUTOMATION; AZO COMPOUNDS; BODY WEIGHT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FIBROSIS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, POLARIZATION; MONOCROTALINE; MYOCARDIUM; ORGAN SIZE; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80054701834     PISSN: 22113428     EISSN: 22113436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13402-011-0035-7     Document Type: Article

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