The segmentation and visualization of a neuron in the housefly's visual system

Biomedical Sciences Instrumentation

Volumn 41, Issue , 2005, Pages 235-240

  Anderson, Jeffrey R ^a   Barrett, Steven F ^a   Wilcox, Michael J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

3D rendering; Automatic segmentation; Image processing; Morphology; Neuron

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; MORPHOLOGY; OBJECT RECOGNITION; VISUALIZATION; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; IMAGE PROCESSING; OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPE (CLSM); HOUSEFLY; MICROSCOPIC ORGANELLES; 3D RENDERING; AUTOMATIC SEGMENTATION; SEGMENTATION ALGORITHMS;

NEUROLOGY;

ALGORITHM; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFERENCE PAPER; HOUSE FLY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; NERVE CELL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VISUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; HOUSEFLIES; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOFTWARE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 17044389724     PISSN: 00678856     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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