A novel method to assess collagen architecture in skin

BMC Bioinformatics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Osman, Osman S ^a   Selway, Joanne L ^a   Harikumar, Parvathy E ^a   Stocker, Claire J ^a   Wargent, Edward T ^a   Cawthorne, Michael A ^a   Jassim, Sabah ^a   Langlands, Kenneth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUCKINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Basketweave; Collagen; Dermis; Fast fourier transform; Gabor filter; Histology; Type 2 diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

AGEING; BASKETWEAVE; BIOLOGICAL SPECIMENS; DERMIS; HISTOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES; SCREENING METHODS; TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS;

FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; GABOR FILTERS; HISTOLOGY; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES;

COLLAGEN;

COLLAGEN;

ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CHEMISTRY; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; DERMIS; EXPERIMENTAL DIABETES MELLITUS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MUTANT MOUSE STRAIN; PATHOLOGY; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY; SKIN; ARTICLE;

ANIMALS; COLLAGEN; DERMIS; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MICROSCOPY, POLARIZATION; SKIN; SKIN AGING;

EID: 84883130457     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2105-14-260     Document Type: Article

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