Automated reconstruction of neuronal morphology: An overview

Brain Research Reviews

Volumn 67, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 94-102

  Donohue, Duncan E ^a   Ascoli, Giorgio A ^a  

^a George Mason University   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated reconstruction; Image analysis; Neuron tracing; Neuronal morphology; Vectorization

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; DIGITAL IMAGING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE CELL; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; DENDRITES; HUMANS; IMAGE CYTOMETRY; NEURONS; SOFTWARE; SOFTWARE VALIDATION;

EID: 79957954506     PISSN: 01650173     EISSN: 18726321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresrev.2010.11.003     Document Type: Review

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