Automated identification of neurons and their locations

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 230, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 339-352

  Inglis, A ^a   Cruz, L ^a   Roe, D L ^b   Stanley, H E ^a   Rosene, D L ^b,c   Urbanc, B ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Active contours; Artificial neural network; Neuron identification; Nissl stain; Training

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; BLOOD VESSELS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; LEARNING SYSTEMS; LOCATION; NEURONS; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; TISSUE;

ACTIVE CONTOURS; AUTOMATED IDENTIFICATION; CELL BODIES; MEASUREMENTS OF; NEURON IDENTIFICATION; NEURONAL CELL; NISSL-STAIN; RECOGNITION ALGORITHM; SEMIAUTOMATIC METHODS; SPATIAL ORGANIZATION;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; AUTOMATION; BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN CORTEX; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; GLIA CELL; NERVE CELL; NISSL STAINING; OPTICAL DENSITY; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY;

MACACA MULATTA;

EID: 44449152617     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2008.01992.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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