1. A method for assessing the quality of a nerve graft, the method comprising: obtaining an image identifying laminin-containing tissue in the nerve graft; creating a transformed image using a transformation function of an image processing application on the image; using an analysis function of the image processing application, analyzing the transformed image to identify one or more structures in accordance with one or more recognition criteria; determining one or more structural characteristics of the nerve graft derived from a measurement of the one or more structures; and assessing the quality of the nerve graft based on the determined one or more structural characteristics, wherein the one or more recognition criteria comprises a size range of the one or more structures and wherein the size range is within a range from about 4.84 microns in diameter to about 16 microns in diameter.