Surface detection in 3D confocal microscope images via local energy and ridge tracing

Journal of Computer-Assisted Microscopy

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 5-20

  Pudney, Chris ^a   Robins, Michael ^a   Robbins, Ben ^a   Kovesi, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Surface detection; Volumetric image processing, local energy, skeletonization

Indexed keywords

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPE IMAGES; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FOURIER COMPONENTS; LOCAL ENERGY FEATURE DETECTOR; RIDGE TRACING; SKELETONIZATION; SURFACE DETECTION; VOLUMETRIC IMAGE PROCESSING;

EDGE DETECTION; FEATURE EXTRACTION; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MICROSCOPES; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION;

EID: 0030102215     PISSN: 10407286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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