ArticleAdipocyte2020
Whole-slide image analysis outperforms micrograph acquisition for adipocyte size quantification.
Article in Adipocyte, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.
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- High-throughput measurement of adipocyte size with open-source software using whole-slide adipose tissue images.Adipocyte · 2025Article
- Unilocular adipocyte and lipid tracer for immunofluorescent images.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Sustained improvements in brain health and metabolic markers 24 months following bariatric surgery.Brain communications · 2024Article
- Perilipin-1 immunostaining improves semi-automated digital quantitation of bone marrow adipocytes in histological bone sections.Adipocyte · 2023Article
- A review of open-source image analysis tools for mammalian cell culture: algorithms, features and implementations.PeerJ. Computer science · 2023Article
- A Straightforward Method for Adipocyte Size and Count Analysis Using Open-source Software QuPath.Adipocyte · 2022Article
- AdipoQ-a simple, open-source software to quantify adipocyte morphology and function in tissues and in vitro.Molecular biology of the cell · 2022Article
- Developing image analysis methods for digital pathology.The Journal of pathology · 2022Review
- A distribution-centered approach for analyzing human adipocyte size estimates and their association with obesity-related traits and mitochondrial function.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2021Article
- Quality Considerations When Using Tissue Samples for Biomarker Studies in Cancer Research.Biomarker insights · 2021Article
- Combination Usage of AdipoCount and Image-Pro Plus/ImageJ Software for Quantification of Adipocyte Sizes.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2021Article
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Abstract
The distinction between biological processes of adipose tissue expansion is crucial to understanding metabolic derangements, but a robust method for quantifying adipocyte size has yet to be standardized. Here, we compared three methods for histological analysis
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