Automatic detection of neurons in large cortical slices

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 123-140

  Sciarabba, M ^a   Serrao, G ^a   Bauer, D ^a   Arnaboldi, F ^a   Borghese, N A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Automatic neuron recognition and counting; BA4 area; Cell segmentation; Central nervous system morphology; Multilevel analysis; Nissl stained images

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SLICE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; NERVE CELL; NEUROANATOMY; NISSL STAINING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGORITHMS; ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICROSCOPY; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURONS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 67650476211     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2009.05.021     Document Type: Article

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