Automatic location of microscopic focal planes for computerized stereology

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 7963, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Elozory, Daniel T ^a   Bonam, Om Pavithra ^a   Kramer, Kurt ^a   Goldgof, Dmitry B ^a   Hall, Lawrence O ^a   Mangual, Osvaldo ^a   Mouton, Peter R ^b  

^a University of South Florida   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

absolute gradient threshold; Autofocus; bright field; microscopy; stereology; Z stack

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE GRADIENT THRESHOLD; AUTOFOCUS; BRIGHT FIELDS; MICROSCOPY; STEREOLOGY; Z-STACK;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL IMAGING; MICROSTRUCTURE; TISSUE;

FOCUSING;

EID: 79955784962     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.878776     Document Type: Conference Paper

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