Segmentation method for three-dimensional visualization of microscopic objects imaged with a confocal laser scanning microscope

Journal of Electronic Imaging

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Anderson, Jeffrey R ^a   Barrett, Steven F ^a   Wilcox, Michael J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPE; SERIAL SLICE IMAGE;

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DATA VISUALIZATION; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGE REGISTRATION;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 33847627912     PISSN: 10179909     EISSN: 1560229X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2372515     Document Type: Article

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