Attenuation correction in confocal laser microscopes: A novel two-view approach

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 67-79

  Can, A ^a   Al Kofahi, O ^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

Attenuation correction; Confocal microscopy; Light refraction; Light scattering; Spherical aberration; Two view imaging

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGE REGISTRATION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPECIMEN PREPARATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

ATTENUATION CORRECTION; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPES; DEPTH DEPENDENTS; RECONSTRUCTED IMAGE; RECONSTRUCTION METHOD; SIGNAL ATTENUATION; SPHERICAL ABERRATIONS; THREE DIMENSIONAL (3-D) IMAGING; TWO VIEWS; TWO-VIEW IMAGING;

LIGHT SCATTERING;

FLUORESCENT DYE;

ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BRAIN TISSUE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIGHT REFRACTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MATHEMATICS; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; RAT; SIGNAL PROCESSING; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WISTAR RAT;

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

EID: 0043231280     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.2003.01195.x     Document Type: Article

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