Automated biofilm region recognition and morphology quantification from confocal laser scanning microscopy imaging

Proceedings of the 2011 Biomedical Sciences and Engineering Conference: Image Informatics and Analytics in Biomedicine, BSEC 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Zielinski, Jerzy S ^a   Zielinska, Agnieszka K ^b   Bouaynaya, Nidhal ^a   Vaughan, Justin G ^b   Smeltzer, Mark S ^b  

^a University of Arkansas at Little Rock ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

biofilm; CLSM; mathematical morphology; Staphylococcus aureus; watershed

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION STRATEGIES; AUTOMATED METHODS; BIOFILM STRUCTURE; CLSM; CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY; CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY IMAGING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GROWING DEMAND; HUMAN PATHOGENS; IMMUNE SYSTEMS; NOSOCOMIAL INFECTION; REGION RECOGNITION; S. AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; USER INPUT; WATERSHED SEGMENTATION;

BACTERIA; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CULTIVATION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; INFORMATION SCIENCE; LANDFORMS; LASER APPLICATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; WATERSHEDS;

BIOFILMS;

EID: 79959915436     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/BSEC.2011.5872327     Document Type: Conference Paper

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