Digital characterization of the renal glomeruli by the Saltykov method

Author

Araujo, A.de.A. ; De Andrade, Marcos Carneiro ; Santos, Ana Maria Matildes dos ; Lameiras, Fernando Soares ; Bambirra, Eduardo Alves

Author_Institution

Univ. Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

fYear

1996

fDate

9-11 Dec 1996

Firstpage

45

Lastpage

50

Abstract

The characterization of the glomerular structure by the Saltykov method employing an image analyzer is described. The method presented allows the analyst to quantitatively evaluate the morphology of the renal glomeruli. Sample preparation, digitization, image processing and analysis are also described and illustrated. The resulting volumetric glomeruli distribution is presented. As expected, the size distribution shows that the glomeruli present high sphericity and volumes in a narrow range of values

Keywords

image segmentation; kidney; mathematical morphology; medical image processing; stereo image processing; Saltykov method; digital characterization; glomerular structure; image analysis; image analyzer; image processing; kidney; morphology; nephrons; renal glomeruli; segmentation; stereometric method; volumetric size distribution; Biological materials; Biology; Biomembranes; Blood; Extrapolation; Image analysis; Materials reliability; Materials science and technology; Morphology; Optical microscopy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Cybernetic Vision, 1996. Proceedings., Second Workshop on

Conference_Location

Sao Carlos

Print_ISBN

0-8186-8058-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CYBVIS.1996.629438

Filename

629438