Title :
A Computer Method for Counting the Number of Alveoli per Unit Area of Human Lung Tissue
Author :
De B.Johnston, Robert ; Levine, Martin D. ; Thurlbeck, William M.
Author_Institution :
Department of Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass.
Abstract :
This paper describes a simple automated procedure for counting the number n of alveoli per unit area of human lung tissue.
Keywords :
Blood; Carbon dioxide; Diseases; Gases; Humans; Instruction sets; Laboratories; Lungs; Size measurement; Time measurement; Computers; Humans; Mathematics; Methods; Pulmonary Alveoli;
Journal_Title :
Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TBME.1972.324089
