Measuring blood cells velocity in microvessels from a single image: Application to in vivo and in situ confocal microscopy

2004 2nd IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: Macro to Nano

Volumn 1, Issue , 2004, Pages 456-459

  Savoire, N ^a,b   Le Goualher, G ^a   Perchant, A ^a   Lacombe, F ^a   Malandain, G ^b   Ayache, N ^b  

^a Mauna Kea Technologies   (France)

^b INRIA   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; CELLS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; LAMINAR FLOW; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PHOTONS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); TISSUE; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

BLOOD CELLS VELOCITY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY (LSM); LINE SHIFT DIAGRAMS;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

EID: 17144388634     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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