Automated region of interest analysis of dynamic Ca2+ signals in image sequences

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology

Volumn 303, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Francis, Michael ^a   Qian, Xun ^a   Charbel, Chimène ^b,c   Ledoux, Jonathan ^b,c   Parker, J C ^a   Taylor, Mark S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^b MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Algorithm; Detection; ImageJ; Microscopy; Signaling

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL CULTURE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; KERNEL METHOD; MONOLAYER CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELLS, CULTURED; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MESENTERIC ARTERIES; MICE; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84864515440     PISSN: 03636143     EISSN: 15221563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00016.2012     Document Type: Article

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