Comparison of autofocus methods for automated microscopy

Cytometry

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1991, Pages 195-206

  Firestone, Lawrence ^a   Cook, Kitty ^a   Culp, Kevin ^a   Talsania, Neil ^a   Preston, Kendall ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autofocus; automated microscopy; cellular logic; histograms; spectrum estimation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMETRY; FEMALE; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE SECTION;

AUTOMATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LOGIC; MICROSCOPY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0026024074     PISSN: 01964763     EISSN: 10970320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cyto.990120302     Document Type: Article

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