Automated DNA sizing in atomic force microscope images

Proceedings - International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging

Volumn 2002-January, Issue , 2002, Pages 453-456

  Ficarra, Elisa ^a   Benini, Luca ^a   Riccò, Bruno ^a   Zuccheri, Giampaolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; AUTOMATION; DNA; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL RESONATORS;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPE IMAGES; AUTOMATED ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATED APPROACH; BACKGROUND NOISE; COMPUTER GENERATED; EXTRACT INFORMATIONS; LENGTH ESTIMATION; PERCENTAGE ERROR;

BIOINFORMATICS;

EID: 4544265082     PISSN: 19457928     EISSN: 19458452     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISBI.2002.1029292     Document Type: Conference Paper

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