Automated segmentation of collagen fibers from confocal reflectance images

When cells migrate in the extracellular matrix (ECM), the fibers in the ECM gel are degraded, remodeled or realigned. Studying how the fibers remodel and degrade, is important to understand various biological processes such as tissue regeneration and wound healing. Experiments of cell migration in 3...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Vaikundam Sriram
Other Authors: Justin Dauwels
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/65901