Rapid reconstruction of 3D neuronal morphology from light microscopy images with augmented rayburst sampling

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Ming, Xing ^a,b   Li, Anan ^a,b   Wu, Jingpeng ^a,b   Yan, Cheng ^a,b   Ding, Wenxiang ^a,b   Gong, Hui ^a,b   Zeng, Shaoqun ^a,b   Liu, Qian ^a,b  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BRAIN; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LIGHT; MICE; MICROSCOPY; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84894116906     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084557     Document Type: Article

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