A visualization and segmentation toolbox for electron microscopy

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 161-165

  Pruggnaller, Sabine ^a   Mayr, Matthias ^a   Frangakis, Achilleas S ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy toolbox; Image processing; Segmentation; Visualization

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE INTENSIFIER; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; SOFTWARE;

EID: 51549110953     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2008.05.003     Document Type: Article

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