Digital image enhancement for in vivo laser scanning microscopy

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 248-253

  Gruber, Martin J ^a   Wackernagel, Alexandra ^a   Richtig, Erika ^a   Koller, Silvia ^a   Kerl, Helmut ^a   Smolle, Josef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Digital image enhancement; Honeycomb pattern; In vivo confocal laser scanning microscopy; Keratinocytes; Non invasive histology; Normal skin

Indexed keywords

HISTOLOGY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; LASER APPLICATIONS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; SKIN;

DIGITAL IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; HONEYCOMB PATTERN; IN VIVO LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY; KERATINOCYTES; NON-INVASIVE HISTOLOGY; NORMAL SKIN;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL; CELL NUCLEUS; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATION; RANDOMIZATION; SHADE; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN STRUCTURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURFACE PROPERTY; VISIBILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; DERMOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SKIN;

EID: 27744481151     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0909-725X.2005.00128.x     Document Type: Article

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