Embedded computing for fluorescence confocal endomicroscopy imaging

Journal of Signal Processing Systems

Volumn 55, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 217-228

  Cheong, Lee Sing ^a   Lin, Feng ^a   Seah, Hock Soon ^a   Qian, Kemao ^a   Zhao, Feng ^a   Thong, Patricia S P ^b   Soo, Khee Chee ^b   Olivo, Malini ^b   Kung, Sun Yuan ^c  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b DIVISION OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Singapore)

^c Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluorescence confocal scanning; FPGA; In vivo cellular imaging; Real time image processing; Virtual histology

Indexed keywords

CONFOCAL IMAGES; EMBEDDED COMPUTING; FEATURE DETECTIONS; FPGA; IN VIVO CELLULAR IMAGING; PHOTOACTIVATION; REAL-TIME IMAGE PROCESSING; REAL-TIME PROCESSING; TECHNICAL INNOVATIONS; VIRTUAL HISTOLOGY; VISUALIZATION SYSTEMS;

BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS (FPGA); FLUORESCENCE; HISTOLOGY; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MEDICAL IMAGING; SCANNING;

MILITARY PHOTOGRAPHY;

EID: 62349092432     PISSN: 19398018     EISSN: 19398115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11265-008-0204-8     Document Type: Article

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