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Detecting and quantifying surface densities of placental villi and their vasculature adds important information on the development of the placenta under different exposures and pathological conditions. Today, a larger number of samples and tissue areas can be examined using automated Artificial Intelligence-based approaches. Although each image series calls for a particular approach, sharing the methods will help in facilitating reproducibility and comparability. Here we show the protocol of a software-based quantification of vessels (number and area) in villous tissues of human placentas, based on scanned images of full-size placental sections.
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