The FARSIGHT trace editor: An open source tool for 3-D inspection and efficient pattern analysis aided editing of automated neuronal reconstructions

Neuroinformatics

Volumn 9, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 305-315

  Luisi, Jonathan ^b   Narayanaswamy, Arunachalam ^a   Galbreath, Zachary ^a   Roysam, Badrinath ^b  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Edit based validation systems; Farsight; Group editing; Neurite reconstruction; Trace editing

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CYTOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; STANDARD; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; NEURONS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; SOFTWARE; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 79958158724     PISSN: 15392791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12021-011-9115-0     Document Type: Article

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