Image processing for combined bright-field and reflection interference contrast video microscopy

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 113-118

  Weber, Igor ^a   Albrecht, Richard ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dictyostelium discoideum; Feature extraction; Image processing algorithms; Video microscopy

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE ALGORITHMS; CELLS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEATURE EXTRACTION; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; LIGHT REFLECTION; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION;

BRIGHT FIELD MICROSCOPY; DOUBLE VIEW IMAGING; REFLECTION INTERFERENCE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL SHAPE; CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; HISTOGRAM; IMAGE PROCESSING; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CELL SIZE; DICTYOSTELIUM; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO;

EID: 0031172385     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2607(97)01810-5     Document Type: Article

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