| Literature DB >> 26100723 |
R G Shah1, C M Salafia2, T Girardi3, L Conrad4, K Keaty5, A Bartleotc5.
Abstract
Variability in placental chorionic surface vessel networks (PCSVNs) may mark developmental and functional changes in fetal health. Here we report a protocol of manually tracing PCSVNs from digital 2D images of post-delivery placentas and its validation by a shape matching method to compare the similarity between paint-injected and unmanipulated (uninjected and deflated vessels) tracings of PCSVNs. We show that tracings of unmanipulated vessels produce networks that are very comparable to the networks obtained by tracing paint-injected PCSVNs. We suggest that manual tracings of unmanipulated PCSVNs can extract features of PCSVN growth and structure that may impact fetal wellbeing.Entities:
Keywords: Placenta; Placental chorionic surface vessel network (PCSVN); Shape context; Shape matching
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Year: 2015 PMID: 26100723 PMCID: PMC4550039 DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2015.05.004
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Placenta ISSN: 0143-4004 Impact factor: 3.481