A univocal definition of the neuronal soma morphology using Gaussian mixture models

The definition of the soma is fuzzy, as there is no clear line demarcating the soma of the labeled neurons and the origin of the dendrites and axon. Thus, the morphometric analysis of the neuronal soma is highly subjective. In this paper, we provide a mathematical definition and an automatic segment...

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Main Authors: Luengo-Sanchez, Sergio, Bielza, Concha, Benavides-Piccione, Ruth, Fernaud-Espinosa, Isabel, DeFelipe, Javier, Larrañaga, Pedro
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4630289/