Segmentation and counting of FISH signals in confocal microscopy images

Micron

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 5-15

  Umesh Adiga, P S ^a   Chaudhuri, B B ^a  

^a INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

3D images; CLSM; FISH signal; Noise; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; DISEASE DIAGNOSIS; DNA; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

CELL NUCLEUS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEOPLASMS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0344200010     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-4328(99)00057-8     Document Type: Article

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