Image Analysis in Histology (Postgraduate Medical Science)
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.91 (718 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0521434823 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 441 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-12-15 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
".a useful book which contains important chapters on theory and application that are not found in other sourcesis book is unique in its coverage and depth of image analysis in histology and should help the reader to achieve a better understanding of cells and tissues." Barry Masters, The Journal of Scanning Microscopies
The applications areas include quantitative immunochemistry, quantification of nerves and neurotransmitters and automated grain counting in in situ hybridisation histochemistry.. The volume highlights the importance of technique in gathering quantitative information. The book is divided into four sections: introductory material, image acquisition, image processing, and applications. This powerful research technique can be used to detect not only stored products in a cell (immunocytochemistry) but the synthetic machinery and the genes that control it (in situ hybridisation), as well as the specific binding sites that act as receptors for a molecule following its release (in vitro autoradiography). This volume provides a timely and useful introduction to the theory and practical application of image analysis in histology. The book provides a good introduction for beginners before looking in greater detail at more advanced material in selected areas
"Good; but for the specialist student." according to A Customer. This is a good text covering the important and expanding area of image analysis. However, to get the best out of it, one would need to be studying a course on Image Analysis (such as the MSc. run by the Royal Postgraduate Medical School, London for whom