Algorithms for accurate 3D registration of neuronal images acquired by confocal scanning laser microscopy

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 8-18

  Al Kofahi, O ^a   Can, A ^a   Lasek, S ^b   Szarowski, D H ^b   Turner, J N ^a,b   Roysam, Badrinath ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

3D hierarchical registration; Affine registration; Confocal microscopy; Curvature of field; Montage synthesis; Mosaicing; Robust estimators

Indexed keywords

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE REGISTRATION; ITERATIVE METHODS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

3D HIERARCHICAL REGISTRATION; 3D REGISTRATION; 3D-REGISTRATION; AFFINE REGISTRATION; CURVATURE OF FIELD; HIERARCHICAL REGISTRATION; MONTAGE SYNTHESIS; MOSAICING; ROBUST ESTIMATORS; TRANSFORMATION MODELING;

NEURONS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; AUTOANALYSIS; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; IMAGING SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MATHEMATICS; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; RAT; SIGNAL PROCESSING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MATHEMATICS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; RATS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0042229093     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.2003.01196.x     Document Type: Article

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