Automated 5-D analysis of cell migration and interaction in the thymic cortex from time-lapse sequences of 3-D multi-channel multi-photon images

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 340, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 65-80

  Chen, Ying ^a   Ladi, Ena ^b   Herzmark, Paul ^b   Robey, Ellen ^b   Roysam, Badrinath ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

2 photon laser scanning microscopy (TPLSM); 5 D image analysis; Cell migration; Cellular interaction; Dendritic cell (DC); Edit based validation; Thymocyte

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MIGRATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DENDRITIC CELL; LASER SCANNING CYTOMETRY; LYMPH NODE; MEASUREMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; CHIMERA; DENDRITIC CELLS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE, MULTIPHOTON; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 57249097044     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jim.2008.09.024     Document Type: Article

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