Improving images of fluorescent cell labeling by background signal subtraction

Biotechnic and Histochemistry

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 63-68

  Stockert, Juan C ^a,b   Villanueva, A ^a   Cristobal, J ^a   Canete M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fluorescence microscopy; Fluorescent labels; Image processing; Photosensitizing agents; Zinc(II) phthalocyanine

Indexed keywords

4-CHLORO-7-NITROBENZOFURAZAN; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CERAMIDES; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INDOLES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; STAINING AND LABELING; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE;

EID: 62549165452     PISSN: 10520295     EISSN: 14737760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10520290902804357     Document Type: Article

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