Classification of pollen species using autofluorescence image analysis

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 90-94

  Mitsumoto, Kotaro ^a,b   Yabusaki, Katsumi ^a   Aoyagi, Hideki ^b  

^a KOWA COMPANY LTD   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autofluorescence; Hay fever; Microscopic image analysis; Pollen; Pollen classification; Pollen counting

Indexed keywords

AUTOFLUORESCENCE; HAY FEVER; MICROSCOPIC IMAGE ANALYSIS; POLLEN; POLLEN CLASSIFICATION; POLLEN COUNTING;

CAMERAS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENT DYES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLEN; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 58149289462     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2008.10.001     Document Type: Article

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