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. 2011 Mar 8;6(3):e15086. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015086

Figure 6. Definition of the endothelial neighborhood by morphological dilation.

Figure 6

The segmented image of the endothelium (a) is morphologically dilated (b). (Here a neighborhood width of 30 µm is chosen.) The dilated image AB + N (c) subtracted with the blue stained endothelial area AB (d) yields the endothelial neighborhood area AN (e). The total specimen area AT (f) subtracted by the dilated area AB + N (g) yields the residual decidua area AD (h). AN: Neighborhood area, AD: Area of residual decidua, AB: Area of endothelium, AT: Area of total specimen.