A broadly applicable 3-D neuron tracing method based on open-curve snake

Neuroinformatics

Volumn 9, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 193-217

  Wang, Yu ^a   Narayanaswamy, Arunachalam ^a   Tsai, Chia Ling ^b   Roysam, Badrinath ^a,c  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b IONA COLLEGE   (United States)

^c University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated neuron tracing; Axon reconstruction; Gradient vector flow; Open curve snake; Radius estimation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CYTOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT TRACING; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; STANDARD; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICE; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT-TRACING TECHNIQUES; NEURONS; RATS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 79958104510     PISSN: 15392791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12021-011-9110-5     Document Type: Article

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