Computer-assisted analysis of complex motility of living neural cells

Journal of Computer-Assisted Microscopy

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 153-168

  Walter, Tilmann ^a   Nolte, Christiane ^a   Schmidt, Carolin ^a  

^a MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell tracking; Image analysis; Microglia; Oligodendrocyte precursor cells; Optical flow analysis

Indexed keywords

CELLS; COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; COMPUTER VISION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; OPTICAL FLOWS;

CELL TRACKING; GRAY-VALUE DIFFERENCE ANALYSIS;

NEUROPHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 0031219680     PISSN: 10407286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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