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ArticleJournal of digital imaging2012

Histomorphometry of the ligaments using a generic-purpose image processing software, a new strategy for semi-automatized measurements.

Rafael Ballesteros, Nuria Bonsfills, Marta Chacón, Javier García-Lázaro, Enrique Gómez-Barrena

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Article in Journal of digital imaging, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 citing paper in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Rafael BallesterosDepartment of Orthopedics, Universitary Hospital of Fuenlabrada, Camino del Molino 2, Fuenlabrada, 28942, Madrid, Spain. ballesteros.masso@gmail.com
Nuria Bonsfills
Marta Chacón
Javier García-Lázaro
Enrique Gómez-Barrena
Hospital Universitario de Fuenlabrada · ESHospital Universitario Infanta Sofía · ESUniversidad Autónoma de Madrid · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gold chloride technique can be combined with Adobe Photoshop® software to yield a quantitative assessment of the different areas in heterogeneous structures as are ligament. A semi-automatized method based on the sum of two- and three-dimensional morphological criteria upon colorimetric criteria allows the identification and measurement of the area occupied by a structure of interest. It also allows the quantification of color intensity to differentiate structures with similar staining avidity, like vessels and nerves. This computer-assisted, semiquantitative procedure for computerized morphometry is relatively simple to perform. The accuracy, efficiency, and reproducibility of this method based on a commercially available imaging program were considered adequate when tested on the anterior cruciate ligament of the cat. Image normalization by trained observers using a commercially available software package designed for photography, applied to a sample randomly chosen, has provided the means of making reproducible measurements of heterogeneous structures.

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SoftwareAnimalsAnterior Cruciate LigamentCatsHistological TechniquesImage Processing, Computer-AssistedObserver VariationPhotographyReproducibility of ResultsStaining and Labeling

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PMID22143412
PMCPMC3389090
OpenAlexW1963602373

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