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  • Title: Real-time measurement of microvascular dimensions using digital cross-correlation image processing.
    Author: Magers S, Faber JE.
    Journal: J Vasc Res; 1992; 29(3):241-7. PubMed ID: 1504196.
    Abstract:
    A real-time automatic digital image-processing algorithm was developed for measuring microvascular dimensions. Using video microscopic images of the vasculature, the video images are digitized and analyzed using contrast enhancement, frame averaging, and pattern recognition, rather than edge detection. Performance of the algorithm was evaluated for second- and third-order vessels surrounded by the complex interfering features of in vivo skeletal muscle. Graded diameter changes and vasomotion were induced with pharmacological agents. Data obtained by auto-tracking agreed with data obtained by traditional manual methods of measurement. These findings indicate that a pattern recognition algorithm based on cross-correlation analysis provides a highly accurate method for real-time automatic tracking of microvessel diameters.
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