High-throughput screening of zebrafish embryos using automated heart detection and imaging

Journal of Laboratory Automation

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 435-442

  Spomer, Waldemar ^a   Pfriem, Alexander ^a   Alshut, Rüdiger ^a   Just, Steffen ^b   Pylatiuk, Christian ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Automated feature detection; Heart; High throughput screening; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; DIAGNOSIS; DRUG PRODUCTS; FEATURE EXTRACTION; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; MICROROBOTS;

AUTOMATED FEATURES; DISEASE PHENOTYPES; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; INTELLIGENT ROBOTICS; MICROSCOPY SYSTEMS; REGION OF INTEREST; SCREENING PROCESS; ZEBRAFISH;

HEART;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CAMERA; CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL IMAGING; EMBRYO; HEART DETECTION; HEART POSITION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE AUTOFOCUS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGE SHARPNESS; IMAGING AND DISPLAY; LIGHT INTENSITY; NONHUMAN; RELIABILITY; ROBOTIC MICROSCOPE; ROBOTICS; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIDEORECORDING; WILD TYPE; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; HEART; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; METHODOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; VIDEO MICROSCOPY;

CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT;

ANIMALS; AUTOMATION, LABORATORY; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; HEART; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84875803992     PISSN: 22110682     EISSN: 22110690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2211068212464223     Document Type: Article

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