VolRoverN: Enhancing surface and volumetric reconstruction for realistic dynamical simulation of cellular and subcellular function

Neuroinformatics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 277-289

  Edwards, John ^a   Daniel, Eric ^a   Kinney, Justin ^b   Bartol, Tom ^c,d   Sejnowski, Terrence ^c,d,e   Johnston, Daniel ^f   Harris, Kristen ^f   Bajaj, Chandrajit ^a  

^a University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

3 D reconstruction; Electron microscopy; Electrophysiology; Neuropil; Reduced model; Serial sections; Skeletonization

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NERVE CELL; RAT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; NEURONS; RATS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84899806113     PISSN: 15392791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12021-013-9205-2     Document Type: Article

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