High-speed focusing and tracking of multisized microbiological objects

Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 115-124

  Nguyen, Chanh Nghiem ^a   Ohara, Kenichi ^a   Mae, Yasushi ^a   Arai, Tatsuo ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

High speed tracking; Microobject; Multisized

Indexed keywords

FOCUSING; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

AUTO-FOCUS ALGORITHM; COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; HIGH-SPEED TRACKING; INTENSITY VARIATIONS; MICROOBJECT; MOVING MICRO OBJECT; MULTISIZED; TRANSMITTED LIGHT;

SPEED;

EID: 84874063049     PISSN: 09153942     EISSN: 18838049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20965/jrm.2013.p0115     Document Type: Article

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