Spatial point pattern analysis of neurons using Ripley's K-function in 3D

Frontiers in Neuroinformatics

Volumn 4, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Jafari Mamaghani, Mehrdad ^a,b   Andersson, Mikael ^b   Krieger, Patrik ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bootstrap resampling; Edge correction in 3D; Ripley's K function

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMAGING AND DISPLAY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RIPLEY K FUNCTION; SPATIAL SUMMATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TWO DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 77953423432     PISSN: 16625196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fninf.2010.00009     Document Type: Article

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