An interactive visualization tool for multi-channel confocal microscopy data in neurobiology research

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1489-1496

  Wan, Yong ^a   Otsuna, Hideo ^b   Chien, Chi Bin ^b   Hansen, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

confocal microscopy; neurobiology; qualitative analysis; Visualization; volume rendering

Indexed keywords

BRAIN REGIONS; CONFOCAL IMAGE; DATA SETS; FLUORESCENT DYES; FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; IMAGE SLICES; INTERACTIVE VISUALIZATION TOOL; INTERACTIVE VISUALIZATIONS; LARGE GROUPS; MULTI-CHANNEL; MULTI-DIMENSIONAL TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; MULTI-VIEWS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROBIOLOGICAL RESEARCH; NEUROBIOLOGY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL SCALE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE; VISUAL SYSTEMS; VISUALIZATION METHOD; VISUALIZATION TOOLS; VOLUME DATA; ZEBRAFISH;

BRAIN; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; QUALITY CONTROL; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VISUALIZATION; VOLUME RENDERING;

DATA VISUALIZATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; EYE; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; NEUROBIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; EYE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEUROBIOLOGY; RESEARCH; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 70350666815     PISSN: 10772626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVCG.2009.118     Document Type: Conference Paper

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