A wavelet approach for the identification of axonal synaptic varicosities from microscope images

IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 296-304

  Wang, Yu Ping ^a   Ragib, Husain ^b   Huang, Chi Ming ^c  

^a University of Missouri Kansas   (United States)

^b TrackIT Solutions   (United Arab Emirates)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Axonal synapse; Granule cell; Microscopy; Multiscale analysis; Neuron image analysis; Parallel fiber; Peak detection; Wavelets

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECOGNITION; MEDICAL IMAGING; PATTERN MATCHING; VISUALIZATION; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

AXONAL SYNAPSE; GRANULE CELL; MULTISCALE ANALYSIS; NEURON IMAGE ANALYSIS; PARALLEL FIBER; PEAK DETECTION;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; C57BL MOUSE; CEREBELLUM; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SYNAPSE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; AXONS; CEREBELLUM; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SYNAPSES;

EID: 34248592765     PISSN: 10897771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TITB.2006.884370     Document Type: Article

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