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. 2003 Apr;9(4):804-7.
doi: 10.3748/wjg.v9.i4.804.

Collagen fiber angle in the submucosa of small intestine and its application in Gastroenterology

Yan-Jun Zeng  1 , Ai-Ke Qiao, Ji-Dong Yu, Jing-Bo Zhao, Dong-Hua Liao, Xiao-Hu Xu, Gregersen Hans
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Collagen fiber angle in the submucosa of small intestine and its application in Gastroenterology

Yan-Jun Zeng et al. World J Gastroenterol. 2003 Apr.

Abstract

Aim: To propose a simple and effective method suitable for analyzing the angle and distribution of 2-dimensional collagen fiber in larger sample of small intestine and to investigate the relationship between the angles of collagen fiber and the pressure it undergoes.

Methods: A kind of 2-dimensional visible quantitative analyzing technique was described. Digital image-processing method was utilized to determine the angle of collagen fiber in parenchyma according to the changes of area analyzed and further to investigate quantitatively the distribution of collagen fiber. A series of intestinal slice's images preprocessed by polarized light were obtained with electron microscope, and they were processed to unify each pixel. The approximate angles between collagen fibers were obtained via analyzing the images and their corresponding polarized light. The relationship between the angles of collagen fiber and the pressure it undergoes were statistically summarized.

Results: The angle of collagen fiber in intestinal tissue was obtained with the quantitative analyzing method of calculating the ratio of different pixels. For the same slice, with polarized light angle's variation, the corresponding ratio of different pixels was also changed; for slices under different pressures, the biggest ratio of collagen fiber area was changed either.

Conclusion: This study suggests that the application of stress on the intestinal tissue will change the angle and content of collagen fiber. The method of calculating ratios of different pixel values to estimate collagen fiber angle was practical and reliable. The quantitative analysis used in the present study allows a larger area of soft tissue to be analyzed with relatively low cost and simple equipment.

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Figures

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Slice record.
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Figure 2
Image processing.
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Figure 3
Relationship between angles of polarized light and their corresponding pixel ratio in series of slice images.
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Figure 4
Relationship between pressures tissue received and their corresponding fiber angle.
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Figure 5
Relationship between pressures tissue received and their corresponding biggest ratio.
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