Flow visualization tools for image analysis of capillary networks

Microcirculation

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 39-54

  Japee, Shruti A ^a   Ellis, Christopher G ^b   Pittman, Roland N ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Difference image; Functional capillary density; Image processing; Maximum image; Mean image; Microvascular networks; Minimum image; Range image; RBC flow; Transition image; Variance image

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAPILLARY FLOW; DECISION MAKING; ERYTHROCYTE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEM; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIGHT INTENSITY; MICROCIRCULATION; PERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; TELEVISION CAMERA; VIDEORECORDING;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; CAPILLARIES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ERYTHROCYTES; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RATS;

EID: 8544250550     PISSN: 10739688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10739680490266171     Document Type: Article

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