Robust autofocusing in microscopy

Cytometry

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-9

  Geusebroek, Jan Mark ^a,b   Cornelissen, Frans ^b   Smeulders, Arnold W M ^a   Geerts, Hugo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b JANSSEN RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Autofocusing; Automated microscopy; Bright field microscopy; Fluorescence microscopy; Focus criteria; Focus function; Phase contrast microscopy

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RELIABILITY;

EID: 0033989156     PISSN: 01964763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0320(20000101)39:1<1::AID-CYTO2>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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