Noise-free accurate count of microbial colonies by time-lapse shadow image analysis

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 420-428

  Ogawa, Hiroyuki ^a,c   Nasu, Senshi ^b   Takeshige, Motomu ^b   Funabashi, Hisakage ^c,d   Saito, Mikako ^c   Matsuoka, Hideaki ^c  

^a Microbio Corporation   (Japan)

^b SENDAI NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Noise free; Shadow image; Single colony detection; Time lapse analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM; EVALUATION; FOOD CONTROL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMAGE PROCESSING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD; TIME LAPSE IMAGING;

BACTERIA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME-LAPSE IMAGING;

EID: 84868239475     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: 18728359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2012.09.028     Document Type: Article

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