Segmentation and 3D reconstruction of microbial biofilms

IEEE Latin America Transactions

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 324-328

  Bouchet, Agustina ^a   Pastore, Juan I ^a   Di Meglio, Leonardo ^b   Robuschi, Luciana ^c   Ballarin, Virginia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^b Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas   (Argentina)

^c INTEMA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

3D Reconstruction; Biofilms; Mathematical Morphology; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

3D RECONSTRUCTION; BIOTECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS; IN-VIVO; MICROBIAL BIOFILM; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPES;

ALGORITHMS; BIOFILMS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MATHEMATICAL MORPHOLOGY; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 84876788323     PISSN: 15480992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TLA.2013.6502824     Document Type: Article

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