Precise 3D image alignment in micro-axial tomography

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 209, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 126-142

  Matula, Petr ^a   Kozubek, M ^a   Staier, F ^b   Hausmann, M ^b  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Assignment; Image fusion; Image registration; Kuhn Munkres algorithm; Micro axial tomography; Resolution improvement

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT; FLUORESCENCE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE FUSION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGE RECORDING; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; TOMOGRAPHY;

3-D IMAGE; 3D RESOLUTION; 3D-IMAGES; ASSIGNMENT; CENTER OF GRAVITY; IMAGE ALIGNMENT; IMAGES REGISTRATION; KUHN-MUNKRES ALGORITHM; MICRO-AXIAL TOMOGRAPHY; RESOLUTION IMPROVEMENT;

NANOPARTICLES;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; FLUORESCENCE; GRAVITY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MICROSCOPY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0037328027     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.2003.01104.x     Document Type: Article

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