Computer-generated ovaries to assist follicle counting experiments

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Skodras, Angelos ^a   Marcelli, Gianluca ^b  

^a GERMAN CENTER FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES DZNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS CONCERNING ORGAN SYSTEMS; BIOLOGICAL VARIABILITY; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE NUMBER; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; SAMPLING; SAMPLING ERROR; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STEREOMETRY; ANIMAL; CELL COUNT; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; MOUSE; OVARY;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; MICE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY;

EID: 84926378217     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0120242     Document Type: Article

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