Automated detection and segmentation of synaptic contacts in nearly isotropic serial electron microscopy images.

We describe a protocol for fully automated detection and segmentation of asymmetric, presumed excitatory, synapses in serial electron microscopy images of the adult mammalian cerebral cortex, taken with the focused ion beam, scanning electron microscope (FIB/SEM). The procedure is based on interacti...

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Main Authors: Anna Kreshuk, Christoph N Straehle, Christoph Sommer, Ullrich Koethe, Marco Cantoni, Graham Knott, Fred A Hamprecht
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22031814/?tool=EBI