Automatic contour extraction from 2D neuron images

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 497-509

  Leandro, J J G ^a   Cesar Jr, R M ^a   Costa, L da F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Branching structures; Contour extraction; Image processing; Neuron; Neuronal morphology; Pattern recognition; Shape analysis

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; BRAIN REGION; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; EXTRACTION; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; AUTOMATION; BRAIN; CELL SHAPE; DENDRITES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY; NEUROANATOMY; NEURONS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SOFTWARE; SOFTWARE VALIDATION;

EID: 58149498310     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2008.10.037     Document Type: Article

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