An image processing approach to analyze morphological features of microscopic images of muscle fibers

Skeletal muscle is the most abundant tissue of the human body, occupying about half of the body weight in healthy adults [1]. Skeletal muscle is principally composed of individual muscle fibers (or muscle cells) that are arranged in a structured manner. Muscle fibers are formed in the development process from the fusion of myoblasts (primitive muscle cells that can potentially develop into a muscle fiber) in a process known as myogenesis. The long, cylindrical, multinucleated muscle fibers is the biggest cell in the body, generally of tens of micrometers in diameter and hundreds of micrometer in length.

Source: Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics - July 30, 2014 Category: Radiology Authors: Cesar Henrique Comin, Xiaoyin Xu, Yaming Wang, Luciano da Fontoura Costa, Zhong Yang Source Type: research