Detection and segmentation of cell nuclei in virtual microscopy images: A minimum-model approach

Scientific Reports

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Wienert, Stephan ^a,b   Heim, Daniel ^b   Saeger, Kai ^b   Stenzinger, Albrecht ^c   Beil, Michael ^d   Hufnagl, Peter ^a   Dietel, Manfred ^a   Denkert, Carsten ^a   Klauschen, Frederick ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b VMSCOPE GMBH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CELL NUCLEUS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ALGORITHMS; CELL NUCLEUS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84863831692     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep00503     Document Type: Article

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