Computational techniques in zebrafish image processing and analysis

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 213, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 6-13

  Xia, Shunren ^a,b   Zhu, Yongxu ^a,b   Xu, Xiaoyin ^c   Xia, Weiming ^d  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood vessels; Computational algorithms; Image analysis; Image processing; Image quantification; Image reconstruction; Neuronal structures; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CELL DIVISION; COGNITION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; ZEBRA FISH;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COMPUTERS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; NERVOUS SYSTEM; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84871775140     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2012.11.009     Document Type: Review

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