Algorithms for the automated analysis of cellular dynamics within living fungal colonies

Cytometry Part A

Volumn 75, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 768-780

  Angarita Jaimes, N C ^a   Roca M , M G ^b   Towers, C E ^a   Read, N D ^b   Towers, D P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological image processing; Conidial anastomosis tubes; Correlation filter; Germling growth rate; Nuclei segmentation; Nuclei tracking; Super resolution

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; CELL NUCLEUS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOKINESIS; DYNAMICS; FUNGUS GROWTH; GROWTH RATE; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTROCHEMICAL MICROSCOPY; VELOCITY;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED;

EID: 68849104458     PISSN: 15524922     EISSN: 15524930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.20750     Document Type: Article

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