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ArticleBiomedical optics express2017

Fitting-free algorithm for efficient quantification of collagen fiber alignment in SHG imaging applications.

Gunnsteinn Hall, Wenxuan Liang, Xingde Li

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Article in Biomedical optics express, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Gunnsteinn HallDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205 USA.
Wenxuan LiangDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205 USA.
Xingde LiDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205 USA.

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Nonlinear Optical Endomicroscopy for Optical Biopsy of Cancer in Internal OrgansR01CA153023 · NCI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI LI, XINGDE · 2011 to 2015
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NCI NIH HHS R01 CA153023
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Abstract

Collagen fiber alignment derived from second harmonic generation (SHG) microscopy images can be important for disease diagnostics. Image processing algorithms are needed to robustly quantify the alignment in images with high sensitivity and reliability. Fourier transform (FT) magnitude, 2D power spectrum, and image autocorrelation have previously been used to extract fiber information from images by assuming a certain mathematical model (e.g. Gaussian distribution of the fiber-related parameters) and fitting. The fitting process is slow and fails to converge when the data is not Gaussian. Herein we present an efficient constant-time deterministic algorithm which characterizes the symmetricity of the FT magnitude image in terms of a single parameter, named the fiber alignment anisotropy

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(100.2960) Imaging analysis(180.4315) Nonlinear microscopy(180.6900) Three-dimensional microscopy

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PMID29082088
PMCPMC5654803

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