Quantification of collagen organization using fractal dimensions and Fourier transforms

Acta Histochemica

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 140-144

  Frisch, Kayt E ^a,b   Duenwald Kuehl, Sarah E ^a,b   Kobayashi, Hirohito ^a   Chamberlain, Connie S ^a   Lakes, Roderic S ^b   Vanderby, Ray ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Collagen; FFT; Fourier transform; Fractal; Ligament; Pig; Rat; Tendon

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLEXOR TENDON INJURY; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNEE LIGAMENT; MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SWINE; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; TISSUE STRUCTURE; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; COLLAGEN; FOURIER ANALYSIS; FRACTALS; MALE; MEDIAL COLLATERAL LIGAMENT, KNEE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE, MULTIPHOTON; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; WOUND HEALING;

RATTUS; SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 84856433494     PISSN: 00651281     EISSN: 16180372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acthis.2011.03.010     Document Type: Article

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