Alignment with sub-pixel accuracy for images of multi-modality microscopes using automatic calibration

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 232, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 164-176

  Tsai, C L ^a   Warger II, W C ^b   Laevsky, G S ^b   Dimarzio, C A ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Automatic image alignment; Design of registration target; Multi modal microscopy

Indexed keywords

IMAGE REGISTRATION; PIXELS;

AUTOMATIC CALIBRATION; AUTOMATIC IMAGE ALIGNMENT; BIOLOGICAL SPECIMENS; DESIGN OF REGISTRATION TARGET; IMAGE ALIGNMENT; IMAGING MODALITY; MULTI-MODAL; MULTI-MODAL MICROSCOPY; MULTI-MODALITY; SUBPIXEL ACCURACY;

CALIBRATION;

GLASS;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; IMAGING; MICROSCOPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 52649096385     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2008.02076.x     Document Type: Article

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