Largest contour segmentation: A tool for the localization of spots in confocal images

Cytometry

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 15-21

  Manders, E M M ^a,c   Hoebe, R ^a   Strackee, J ^a   Vossepoel, A M ^b   Aten, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

confocal microscopy; DNA replication; fall set procedure; image analysis; image segmentation; in situ hybridization; top hat transform; watershed procedure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; CHROMOSOMES; FLUORESCENT DYES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSPHERES; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; NUCLEIC ACIDS;

EID: 0030021965     PISSN: 01964763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0320(19960101)23:1<15::AID-CYTO3>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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