Automatic macroscopic density artefact removal in a Nissl-stained microscopic atlas of whole mouse brain

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 251, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 168-177

  Ding, W ^a   Li, A ^a   Wu, J ^a   Yang, Z ^a   Meng, Y ^a   Wang, S ^a   Gong, H ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Artefact removal; Image preprocessing; Nissl stained; Optical microscopy; Whole mouse brain

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; DATA VISUALIZATION; IMAGE ACQUISITION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MAMMALS; OPTICAL DATA STORAGE; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

ARTIFACT REMOVAL; CELL SEGMENTATION; IMAGE DATASETS; IMAGE PREPROCESSING; MACROSCOPIC DENSITY; MICROMETER-SCALE; MOUSE BRAIN; NISSL STAINED; PROCESSED IMAGES; WHOLE MOUSE BRAIN;

VISUALIZATION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; AUTOMATION; BRAIN; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN REGION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; MICROSCOPE IMAGE; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NISSL STAINING; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84880285502     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jmi.12058     Document Type: Article

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