A system for measuring cell division patterns of early Caenorhabditis elegans embryos by using image processing and object tracking

Systems and Computers in Japan

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 12-24

  Hamahashi, Shugo ^a,b   Kitano, Hiroaki ^a,b,c   Onami, Shuichi ^a,b,d  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c SONY COMPUTER SCIENCE LABORATORIES INC   (Japan)

^d RIKEN YOKOHAMA INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Embryo; Image processing; Measurement; Microscope; Object tracking

Indexed keywords

GENES; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MICROSCOPES; PRODUCTIVITY;

CELL DIVISION PATTERNS;

TRACKING (POSITION);

EID: 34547966051     PISSN: 08821666     EISSN: 1520684X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/scj.20783     Document Type: Article

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