An Image Analysis Method for the Precise Selection and Quantitation of Fluorescently Labeled Cellular Constituents: Application to the Measurement of Human Muscle Cells in Culture

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 428-438

  Agley, Chibeza C ^a   Velloso, Cristiana P ^a   Lazarus, Norman R ^a   Harridge, Stephen D R ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

fluorescence intensity; human muscle; layers; myosin heavy chain; myotube area; myotube diameter; myotube size; myotubes; semiquantitative image analysis

Indexed keywords

KI 67 ANTIGEN; WNT PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MUSCLE CELL; MYOBLAST; MYOTUBE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; CELL CULTURE; CELL NUCLEUS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPLASM; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; SKELETAL MUSCLE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOPLASM; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUSCLE CELLS; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; MYOBLASTS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84864083903     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1369/0022155412442897     Document Type: Article

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