MorphoNeuroNet: An automated method for dense neurite network analysis

Cytometry Part A

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 188-199

  Pani, Giuseppe ^a,b   De Vos, Winnok H ^b,c   Samari, Nada ^a   de Saint Georges, Louis ^a   Baatout, Sarah ^a,b   Van Oostveldt, Patrick ^b   Benotmane, Mohammed Abderrafi ^a  

^a BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Image analysis; ImageJ; Mature neuronal network; Neurite tracing; Neuronal morphology

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CYTOLOGY; FETUS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SOFTWARE; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; MATURE NEURONAL NETWORK; MOUSE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURITE; NEURITE TRACING; NEURONAL MORPHOLOGY; PRIMARY CELL CULTURE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGEJ; MATURE NEURONAL NETWORK; NEURITE TRACING; NEURONAL MORPHOLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; AUTOMATION, LABORATORY; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FETUS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICE; NERVE NET; NEURITES; NEUROGENESIS; PRIMARY CELL CULTURE; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84892679230     PISSN: 15524922     EISSN: 15524930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.22408     Document Type: Article

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