Content-based autofocusing in automated microscopy

Image Analysis and Stereology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 173-180

  Hamm, Peter ^a   Schulz, Janina ^b   Englmeier, Karl Hans ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b CARL ZEISS SMT AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autofocus; Classification; Fluorescence microscopy; Object detection; Phase contrast

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650100760     PISSN: 15803139     EISSN: 18545165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5566/ias.v29.p173-180     Document Type: Article

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