Analysis of tubular structures in three-dimensional confocal images

Network: Computation in Neural Systems

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 381-395

  Streekstra, Geert J ^a   Van Pelt, Jaap ^b  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARACEAE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; POLLEN; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ARACEAE; CYTOLOGY; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; METHODS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; POLLEN;

EID: 0042320180     PISSN: 0954898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0954-898X_13_3_308     Document Type: Article

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