Image processing features in the ROIs extraction procedure in VPRII

Bulletin of the Plankton Society of Japan

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 65-71

  Ichikawa, Tadafumi ^a   Segawa, Kyohei ^b   Terazaki, Makoto ^c  

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FAR SEAS FISHERIES   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Calibration procedure; Focus detection; Gelatinous plankton; VPRII

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; LABORATORY METHOD; PLANKTON;

COPEPODA; DIPHYIDAE; HYDROZOA; NEOCALANUS PLUMCHRUS; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 26844565018     PISSN: 03878961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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