Automated Image Computing Reshapes Computational Neuroscience

Overview

Journal BMC Bioinformatics

Publisher Biomed Central

Specialty Biology

Date 2013 Oct 5

PMID 24090217

Citations 13

Authors

Hanchuan Peng

Badrinath Roysam

Giorgio A Ascoli

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Abstract

We briefly identify several critical issues in current computational neuroscience, and present our opinions on potential solutions based on bioimage informatics, especially automated image computing.

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