Automated and Accurate Detection of Soma Location and Surface Morphology in Large-Scale 3D Neuron Images

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Yan, Cheng ^a   Li, Anan ^a   Zhang, Bin ^a   Ding, Wenxiang ^a   Luo, Qingming ^a   Gong, Hui ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VOLUME; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MOUSE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOMATIC CELL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICE; NEURONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84876573346     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062579     Document Type: Article

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