A framework for analyzing confocal images of transversal tubules in cardiomyocytes

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 4466 LNCS, Issue , 2007, Pages 110-119

  Savio, Eleonora ^a   Goldhaber, Joshua I ^b   Bridge, John H B ^a   Sachse, Frank B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CELL CULTURE; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; MEDICAL IMAGING;

GEOMETRIC MARKERS; TRANSVERSAL TUBULES; TRANSVERSE TUBULAR SYSTEMS;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 34548101124     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-72907-5_12     Document Type: Conference Paper

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