Differentiation of allergenic fungal spores by image analysis, with application to aerobiological counts

Aerobiologia

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 211-223

  Benyon, Fiona H L ^b   Jones, Allan S ^b   Tovey, Euan R ^b   Stone, Glenn ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Allergy and asthma; Fungal spores; Image analysis; Moulds; Spore morphology

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS SPORE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032700743     PISSN: 03935965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007501401024     Document Type: Article

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