Confocal Stereology and Image Analysis: Methods for Estimating Geometrical Characteristics of Cells and Tissues from Three-Dimensional Confocal Images

Physiological Research

Volumn 53, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2004, Pages

  Kubínová, Lucie ^a   Janacek J ^a   Karen, P ^a   Radochova B ^a   Difato, F ^a   Krekule, I ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Image analysis; Stereology; Three dimensional reconstructions

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; STEREOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CHORIONIC VILLI; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MATHEMATICS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TOBACCO;

EID: 2342456315     PISSN: 08628408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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