Tracking biological cells in time-lapse microscopy: An adaptive technique combining motion and topological features

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1637-1647

  Dewan, M Ali Akber ^a   Ahmad, M Omair ^a   Swamy, M N S ^a  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cell cluster; cell tracking; mitosis; phase contrast image; time lapse microscopy

Indexed keywords

CELL CLUSTERS; CELL TRACKING; MITOSIS; PHASE-CONTRAST IMAGE; TIME-LAPSE MICROSCOPY;

CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; ERROR DETECTION; IMAGE MATCHING; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; TOPOLOGY;

CELLS;

ARTICLE; CELL MOTILITY; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TRACKING; CLINICAL EVALUATION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICROSCOPY; MITOSIS; TIME LAPSE MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL TRACKING; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICE; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; MITOSIS; TIME-LAPSE IMAGING;

EID: 79956360576     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2011.2109001     Document Type: Article

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