Automated image mosaics by non-automated light microscopes: The MicroMos software tool

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 252, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 226-250

  Piccinini, F ^a   Bevilacqua, A ^a   Lucarelli, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Camera field of view; Image processing; Image registration; On line image stitching; Vignetting correction; Widefield microscopy

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; CAMERAS; IMAGE ACQUISITION; LABORATORIES; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE;

CAMERA FIELD OF VIEW; CAMERA FIELDS; FIELD OF VIEWS; IMAGE STITCHING; IMAGES PROCESSING; IMAGES REGISTRATION; LINE IMAGES; ON-LINE IMAGE STITCHING; VIGNETTING CORRECTION; WIDE-FIELD MICROSCOPIES;

MICROSCOPES;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; MICROSCOPE; MICROSCOPE IMAGE; NON AUTOMATED LIGHT MICROSCOPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CAMERA FIELD OF VIEW; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE REGISTRATION; ON-LINE IMAGE STITCHING; VIGNETTING CORRECTION; WIDEFIELD MICROSCOPY;

BIOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL IMAGING; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84887618586     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jmi.12084     Document Type: Article

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