Autofocusing algorithm selection in computer microscopy

2005 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 70-76

  Sun, Yu ^a   Duthaler, Stefan ^b   Nelson, Bradley J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Autofocusing; Microscopy; Ranking; Selection

Indexed keywords

MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION;

ALGORITHM SELECTION; AUTO-FOCUSING; BIOMEDICAL ANALYSIS; COMPREHENSIVE COMPARISONS; DIFFERENTIAL INTERFERENCE CONTRAST; RANKING; RANKING METHODOLOGIES; SELECTION;

INTELLIGENT ROBOTS;

EID: 66749113365     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2005.1545017     Document Type: Conference Paper

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