Automatic cell counting in vivo in the larval nervous system of Drosophila

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 246, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 202-212

  Forero, M G ^a,b   Kato, K ^a   Hidalgo, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell number; Classification; Confocal microscopy; Drosophila; Fluorescence microscopy; Glia; Image processing; Larva

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CELL CULTURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; RENDERING (COMPUTER GRAPHICS);

AUTOMATIC CELL COUNTING; CELL NUMBER; CELL-BE; CELL/B.E; DROSOPHILLA; GENE FUNCTION; GLIA; IMAGES PROCESSING; IN-VIVO; LARVA;

GENES;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL LABELING; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; GENE FUNCTION; GLIA CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; LARVA; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84859621301     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2012.03608.x     Document Type: Article

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