Automatic three-dimensional graph construction of nerve cells from confocal microscopy scans

Journal of Electronic Imaging

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 134-150

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

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFOCAL SCANS;

ALGORITHMS; EDGE DETECTION; GRAPH THEORY; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGY; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 0037280833     PISSN: 10179909     EISSN: 1560229X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1526102     Document Type: Article

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