Improving depth of field resolution for palynological photomicrography

Palaeontologia Electronica

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Bercovici, Antoine ^a   Hadley, Alan ^b   Villanueva Amadoz, Uxue ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b Universidad de Zaragoza ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Depth of field reconstruction; Focus stacking; Image processing; Optical microscopy; Palynology

Indexed keywords

IMAGE PROCESSING; PALEONTOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; PALYNOMORPH; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

EID: 70449712079     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10948074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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