Fast and adaptive auto-focusing algorithm for microscopic cell observation

IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 7-12

  Obara, Takeshi ^a   Igarashi, Yasunobu ^b   Hashimoto, Koichi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Olympus Software Technology Corp   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A-CENTER; AUTO-FOCUS; AUTO-FOCUSING; BRIGHT-FIELD IMAGES; CELL OBSERVATIONS; CELLULAR DYNAMICS; ESTIMATION METHODS; FIELD OF VIEWS; FLUORESCENT DYES; FOCAL PLANE; FREELY MOVING; INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES; LAPLACIANS; MEDICAL SCIENCE; MOTILE CELLS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPES; REAL-TIME CORRECTIONS; REFLECTIVE INDEX; VISUAL FEEDBACK;

ALGORITHMS; CELL MEMBRANES; CYTOLOGY; DIFFRACTION PATTERNS; ESTIMATION; FOCUSING; INTERFEROMETRY; MICROSCOPES; ROBOTICS; VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

INTELLIGENT ROBOTS;

EID: 84455203908     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2011.6048505     Document Type: Conference Paper

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