Automatic image acquisition, calibration and montage assembly for biological X-ray microscopy

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 197, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 185-201

  Loo, Billy W ^a,b,c,e   Meyer Ilse, W ^d   Rothman, S S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e Genteric Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Acinar cell; Automatic image montage assembly; CCD camera; Digital imaging microscopy; Exocrine pancreas; Image processing; Microscope calibration; Microscopic protein mass measurement; Quantitative morphometry; Synchrotron; Transmission soft X ray microscopy; Zymogen granules

Indexed keywords

CCD CAMERAS; IMAGE ACQUISITION; X RAY MICROSCOPES;

ACINAR CELLS; AUTOMATIC IMAGE MONTAGE ASSEMBLY; DIGITAL IMAGING; DIGITAL IMAGING MICROSCOPY; EXOCRINE PANCREAS; IMAGE MONTAGE; IMAGES PROCESSING; IMAGING MICROSCOPY; MASS MEASUREMENTS; MICROSCOPE CALIBRATION; MICROSCOPIC PROTEIN MASS MEASUREMENT; MORPHOMETRY; QUANTITATIVE MORPHOMETRY; SOFT X-RAY; TRANSMISSION SOFT X-RAY MICROSCOPY; X RAY MICROSCOPY; ZYMOGEN GRANULE;

CALIBRATION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; ILLUMINATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY MICROANALYSIS;

EID: 0033954217     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.2000.00644.x     Document Type: Article

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