Automated sample area definition for high-throughput microscopy

Cytometry Part A

Volumn 79 A, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 306-310

  Zeder, M ^a,b   Ellrott, A ^a   Amann, R ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Technobiology GmbH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fluorescence in situ hybridization; High throughput microscopy; Microbial ecology; Sample localization; Shape recognition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EVALUATION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; INSTRUMENTATION; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; DEVICES; EVALUATION STUDY; PROCEDURES;

AUTOMATION, LABORATORY; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; MICROSCOPY; SOFTWARE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 79953004610     PISSN: 15524922     EISSN: 15524930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.21034     Document Type: Article

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