Figure 4
Vascular segmentation (about 1 mm thick) of the lumbar region of the spinal cord. (a) Vascular network segmentation obtained by Skeletonize ImageJ plug-in. White inset: magnification of the selected ROI in the ventral horn of the spinal cord. Red inset: analyzed area in the dorsal horn. A maximum intensity projection image is shown for the 60 days case. Quantification of vascular distribution as the percentage of the number of branches per mm3 in the posterior horn (data normalized to the control sample) (b) and in the Anterior horn (data normalized to the control sample) (c). |