Automatic segmentation and skeletonization of neurons from confocal microscopy images based on the 3-D wavelet transform

IEEE Transactions on Image Processing

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 790-801

  Dima, Anca ^a   Scholz, Michael ^a   Obermayer, Klaus ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

3 D multiscale curvature; 3 D neuronal data; 3 D wavelet edge detection; Across scales validation; Branch detection; Confocal microscopy; Segmentation; Skeletonization

Indexed keywords

EDGE DETECTION; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

MICROSCOPY IMAGES; NEURONS;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 0036650287     PISSN: 10577149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIP.2002.800888     Document Type: Article

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