Quantification of biofilms in multi-spectral digital1 volumes from confocal laser-scanning microscopes

Image Analysis and Stereology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 151-156

  Rodenacker, Karsten ^a   Brühl, Andreas ^b   Hausner, Martina ^c   Kühn, Martin ^c   Liebscher, Volkmar ^a   Wagner, Michael ^b   Winkler, Gerhard ^a   Wuertz, Stefan ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c Institute for Water Quality Control and Waste Management   (Germany)

Author keywords

3D image analysis; Activated sludge floc; Biofilm; Confocal laser scanning microscopy; Fluorescent in situ hybridisation; Green fluorescent protein; Mathematical morphology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004861710     PISSN: 15803139     EISSN: 18545165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5566/ias.v19.p151-156     Document Type: Article

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