Algorithms for cytoplasm segmentation of fluorescence labelled cells

Analytical Cellular Pathology

Volumn 24, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 101-111

  Wählby, Carolina ^a   Lindblad, Joakim ^b   Vondrus, Mikael ^a   Bengtsson, Ewert ^a   Björkesten, Lennart ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b GE Healthcare Bio Sciences AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCEIN; FLUORESCENT DYE;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; CELL LABELING; CELL SEPARATION; CHO CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMETRY; CYTOPLASM; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CYTOPLASM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 0036428531     PISSN: 09218912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2002/821782     Document Type: Article

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