A semi-automated method for unbiased alveolar morphometry: Validation in a bronchopulmonary dysplasia model

• Thomas Salaets ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: thomas.1.salaets@uzleuven.be

  Affiliations Department of Development and Regeneration, KULeuven, Leuven, Belgium, Department of Pediatrics, UZ Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0971-5147

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• Bieke Tack,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Department of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1129-0440

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• André Gie,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Development and Regeneration, KULeuven, Leuven, Belgium

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• Benjamin Pavie,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Imaging and Pathology, KULeuven, Leuven, Belgium

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0249-3844

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• Nikhil Sindhwani,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Software, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Development and Regeneration, KULeuven, Leuven, Belgium

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• Julio Jimenez,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Facultad de Medicina, Universidad del Desarollo, Clínica Alemana, Santiago de Chile, Chile

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• Yannick Regin,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Development and Regeneration, KULeuven, Leuven, Belgium

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• Karel Allegaert,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, KULeuven, Leuven, Belgium, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9921-5105

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• Jan Deprest,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Development and Regeneration, KULeuven, Leuven, Belgium, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, UZ Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Institute for Women’s Health, University College London Hospital, London, United Kingdom

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• Jaan Toelen

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Development and Regeneration, KULeuven, Leuven, Belgium, Department of Pediatrics, UZ Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

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