Automated three-dimensional tracing of neurons in confocal and brightfield images

Microscopy and Microanalysis

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 296-310

  He, Wenyun ^a   Hamilton, Thomas A ^a   Cohen, Andrew R ^a   Holmes, Timothy J ^b   Pace, Christopher ^d   Szarowski, Donald H ^c   Turner, James N ^c   Roysam, Badrinath ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b AutoQuant Imaging Inc   (United States)

^c WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

3 D brightfield microscopy; 3 D skeletonization; Automated neuron tracing; Confocal microscopy; Deconvolution; Reconnection

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAT; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CATS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NEURONS;

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0042739762     PISSN: 14319276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S143192760303040X     Document Type: Article

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