A computational tool for quantitative analysis of vascular networks

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Zudaire, Enrique ^a   Gambardella, Laure ^b   Kurcz, Christopher ^c   Vermeren, Sonja ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; BRAIN VENTRICLE; BRANCHING MORPHOGENESIS; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EXPLANT; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RHOMBENCEPHALON; VASCULARIZATION; VESSEL DENSITY; VESSEL LENGTH; ANIMAL; BLOOD VESSEL; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; FETUS MEMBRANE; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA;

MURINAE;

2 MORPHOLINO 8 PHENYLCHROMONE; 2-(4-MORPHOLINYL)-8-PHENYL-4H-1-BENZOPYRAN-4-ONE; CHROMONE DERIVATIVE; MORPHOLINE DERIVATIVE;

ALLANTOIS; ANIMALS; BLOOD VESSELS; CHROMONES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICE; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MORPHOLINES; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETINA; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SOFTWARE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 81155134376     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027385     Document Type: Article

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