Nonequilibrium fluctuations in metaphase spindles: Polarized light microscopy, image registration, and correlation functions

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7618, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Brugués, Jan ^a   Needleman, Daniel J ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Active liquid crystal; Correlation function; Image registration; Microtubule; Spindle

Indexed keywords

COARSE GRAINED MODELS; CORRELATION FUNCTION; IMAGE REGISTRATION ALGORITHM; INTERNAL FLUCTUATION; MICROTUBULE; MICROTUBULES; NEMATIC ORDER; NON EQUILIBRIUM; NONEQUILIBRIUM FLUCTUATIONS; POLARIZED LIGHT MICROSCOPY; QUANTITATIVE TESTS; SPATIOTEMPORAL CORRELATION;

ALGORITHMS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; IMAGE REGISTRATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIQUID CRYSTALS;

CORRELATION METHODS;

EID: 77951756329     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.848223     Document Type: Conference Paper

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