Automated image analysis for tracking cargo transport in axons

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 605-613

  Zhang, Kai ^a   Osakada, Yasuko ^a   Xie, Wenjun ^a   Cui, Bianxiao ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Axonal transport; Curve tracing; Image processing; Kymograph; Particle tracking; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

CURVE FITTING; DATA HANDLING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NEURONS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AUTOMATED IMAGE ANALYSIS; AXONAL TRANSPORTS; CARGO TRANSPORT; CURVE TRACING; HUMAN INTERVENTION; IMAGES PROCESSING; KYMOGRAPH; PARTICLE TRACKING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TIME-SERIES ANALYSIS;

TRAJECTORIES;

EID: 79959505258     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: 10970029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20934     Document Type: Article

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