Assessment of collagen fibril spacing in relation to selected region of interest (ROI) on electron micrographs-application to the mammalian corneal stroma

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 474-483

  Doughty, Michael J ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collagen fibrils; Interfibril spacing; Transmission electron microscopy (TEM)

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MAMMALS;

COLLAGEN FIBRILS; CORNEAL STROMA; ELECTRON MICROGRAPH; INTERFIBRIL SPACING; MEASUREMENTS OF; PACKING DENSITY; RADIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; REGION-OF-INTEREST; REGIONS OF INTEREST; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 84858866762     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: 10970029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.21080     Document Type: Article

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