Volume electron microscopy for neuronal circuit reconstruction

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 154-161

  Briggman, Kevin L ^a   Bock, Davi D ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; BRAIN NUCLEUS; BRAIN SIZE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TISSUE PREPARATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 84857691469     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: 18736882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2011.10.022     Document Type: Review

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