Techniques for Visualization of Cell-Cell Contact at the Fetal-Maternal Interface

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 419-426

  Olivieri, David N ^a   Tadokoro, Carlos E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Image processing; Imaging; Placenta; Techniques; Uterus

Indexed keywords

BLASTOCYST; CELL CONTACT; CELL INTERACTION; CELL TRACKING; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; HEMODYNAMICS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING; IMMUNOLOGY; INTRAVITAL IMAGING TECHNIQUES; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; UTERUS;

CELL COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE, MULTIPHOTON; OPTICAL IMAGING; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; UTERUS;

EID: 84875053418     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aji.12070     Document Type: Review

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