title: Image processing of collagen: role in medicine.
abstract: This article describes how quantitative studies of electron-optical images from collagen fibrils, used as a model system can provide information not only about the molecular architecture of the fibril but also about the structural alterations produced by a treatment or disorder.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Medical Physics, Medical School University of Ioannina, Greece.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tzaphlidou
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003094:Collagen / Q000737:chemistry / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008854:Microscopy, Electron
chemical_list: D003094:Collagen