Effective object recognition for automated counting of colonies in Petri dishes (automated colony counting)

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 66, Issue 2-3, 2001, Pages 183-198

  Marotz, J ^a   Lubbert C ^a   Eisenbeiss W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Automated colony counting; Colony counting; Microbiological quality control; Object recognition

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE ALGORITHMS; CAMERAS; FUZZY SETS; OBJECT RECOGNITION;

PETRI DISHES;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BACTERIAL COUNT; CAMERA; COLONY FORMING UNIT; COMPUTER PROGRAM; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING; INSTRUMENT; METHODOLOGY; PARAMETER; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; TECHNIQUE; WATER QUALITY;

ALGORITHMS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROCOMPUTERS; QUALITY CONTROL; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0034894928     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2607(00)00128-0     Document Type: Article

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