Quantitative analysis of rabbit coronary atherosclerosis: Practical techniques utilizing open-source software

Analytical and Quantitative Cytology and Histology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 115-122

  Zhang, Guangwei ^a   Chen, Ying ^b   Waqar, Ahmed Bilal ^c,d   Han, Lijuan ^a,e   Jia, Ming ^a   Xu, Cangbao ^a   Yu, Qi ^a,f  

^a XI'AN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAHORE   (Pakistan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^e NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Arteriosclerosis, coronary; Atherosclerosis, coronary; Coronary arteriosclerosis; Coronary artery disease; Coronary atherosclerosis; Coronary disease; Coronary heart disease; Experimental animal models; Image analysis, computer assisted; Immunohistochemistry; Microscopic lesion

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPERIMENTAL RABBIT; HEART INFARCTION; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SOFTWARE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; WATANABE HERITABLE HYPERLIPIDEMIC RABBIT; ANIMAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE MODEL; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RABBIT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTERIAL SMOOTH MUSCLE CELL; ARTERY DIAMETER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MICROSCOPY; SMOOTH MUSCLE CELL;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

ANIMALS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; RABBITS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84928811884     PISSN: 08846812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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