Analysis of stained objects in histological sections by spectral imaging and differential absorption

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1307-1313

  Ornberg, Richard L ^a   Woerner, B Mark ^a   Edwards, Dorothy A ^a  

^a MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Color image analysis; Differential absorption; Digital image analysis; Image segmentation; Morphometry; Spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

PEROXIDASE;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; SPECTROSCOPY; STAINING; TISSUE SECTION;

EID: 0344329879     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002215549904701010     Document Type: Article

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