AxonSeg: Open source software for axon and myelin segmentation and morphometric analysis

Frontiers in Neuroinformatics

Volumn 10, Issue AUG, 2016, Pages

  Zaimi, Aldo ^a   Duval, Tanguy ^a   Gasecka, Alicja ^b,c   Côté, Daniel ^b,c   Stikov, Nikola ^a,d   Cohen Adad, Julien ^a,e  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DE L INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EN SANTÉ MENTALE DE QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^c CENTRE D OPTIQUE   (Canada)

^d MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Axon; Discriminant analysis; G ratio; Graphical user interface; Histology; Microscopy; Myelin; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

MYELIN;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AXON; AXONSEG; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SOFTWARE; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOMETRICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RAMAN SCATTERING MICROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STANDARD OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84989899209     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625196     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fninf.2016.00037     Document Type: Article

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