Online chromatic and scale-space microvessel-tracing analysis for transmitted light optical images

Microvascular Research

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 330-339

  Reyes Aldasoro, Constantino Carlos ^a,b   Björndahl, Meit A ^b   Akerman, Simon ^b   Ibrahim, Jamila ^b   Griffiths, Michael K ^b   Tozer, Gillian M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBRETASTATIN A4 PHOSPHATE;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AVERAGE VESSEL DIAMETER; AVERAGE VESSEL LENGTH; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; CHROMATIC DECOMPOSITION ALGORITHM; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEOXYGENATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING AND DISPLAY; MICROVASCULATURE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ONLINE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALE SPACE VESSEL TRACING ALGORITHM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TRANSMITTED LIGHT OPTICAL IMAGE; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; TUMOR XENOGRAFT; VALIDATION STUDY; VESSEL DENSITY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BIBENZYLS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; COLOR; HUMANS; INTERNET; LIGHT; MICE; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROVESSELS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; OXYGEN; PHOSPHATES; TIME FACTORS;

MUS;

EID: 84868136569     PISSN: 00262862     EISSN: 10959319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mvr.2012.09.002     Document Type: Article

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