Application and quantitative validation of computer-automated three-dimensional counting of cell nuclei

Microscopy and Microanalysis

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 106-119

  Shain, William ^a,b   Kayali, Soraya ^c   Szarowski, Donald ^a   Davis Cox, Margaret ^b   Ancin, Hakan ^c   Bhattacharjya, Anoop K ^c   Roysam, Badrinath ^c   Turner, James N ^a,b,c  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated cell counting; Brain slices; Hippocampus; Image analysis; Scanning laser confocal microscopy; Testes; Three dimensional

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033431244     PISSN: 14319276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1431927699000069     Document Type: Article

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