Quantitative Neurite Outgrowth Measurement Based on Image Segmentation with Topological Dependence

Cytometry Part A

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 289-297

  Yu, Weimiao ^a,c   Lee, Hwee Kuan ^a   Hariharan, Srivats ^b   Bu, Wenyu ^b   Ahmed, Sohail ^b  

^a BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

^c NONE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cell segmentation; Fluorescent microscopy; Image cytometry; Neurite outgrowth

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROBLASTOMA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 65549100286     PISSN: 15524922     EISSN: 15524930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.20664     Document Type: Article

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