ESPINA: A tool for the automated segmentation and counting of synapses in large stacks of electron microscopy images

Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

Volumn , Issue MARCH, 2011, Pages 2-

  Morales, Juan ^a,b   Alonso Nanclares, Lidia ^a,c,d   Rodríguez, José Rodrigo ^a,c,d   DeFelipe, Javier ^a,c,d   Rodríguez, Ángel ^a   Merchán Pérez, Ángel ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Madrid Supercomputing and Visualization Center   (Spain)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MADRID   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

3D reconstruction; Focused ion beam; Quantification; Scanning electron microscopy; Segmentation; Software; Synapses

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE; BRAIN TISSUE; CALIBRATION; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MENTAL TASK; NONHUMAN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE SECTION;

EID: 84862983600     PISSN: 16625129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2011.00018     Document Type: Article

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