Shape-constrained repulsive snake method to segment and track neurons in 3D microscopy images

2006 3rd IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro - Proceedings

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 538-541

  Cai, Hongmin ^a   Xu, Xiaoyin ^b,c   Lu, Ju ^d   Lichtman, Jeff ^d   Yung, S P ^a   Wong, Stephen T C ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b The Harvard Center for Neurodegeneration & Repair   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN MODELS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

NEURONS; REPULSIVE SNAKE METHOD; SHAPE CONSTRAINTS;

NEUROLOGY;

EID: 33750960315     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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