Anisotropic nonlinear filtering of cellular structures in cryoelectron tomography

Author

FernÁndez, José-Jesús ; Sam, L.

Author_Institution

Univ. of Almeria, Spain

Volume

7

Issue

5

fYear

2005

Firstpage

54

Lastpage

61

Abstract

Cryoelectron tomography attempts to allow the visualization of complex biological specimens´ molecular architecture. This technique yields 3D maps with an extremely low signal-to-noise ratio. A new approach based on anisotropic nonlinear diffusion offers a strategy to reduce the noise and enhance local structures.

Keywords

biological techniques; biology computing; cellular biophysics; data visualisation; electron microscopy; low-temperature techniques; medical image processing; molecular biophysics; optical tomography; solid modelling; 3D maps; anisotropic nonlinear diffusion; anisotropic nonlinear filtering; biological specimen; cellular structures; cryoelectron tomography; data visualization; molecular architecture; noise reduction; signal-to-noise ratio; Anisotropic magnetoresistance; Eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; Filtering; Image analysis; Multidimensional systems; Noise reduction; Signal to noise ratio; Tensile stress; Tomography; Visualization; anisotropic nonlinear diffusion; cryo-electron tomography; image enhancement; image processing and computer vision; life and medical sciences;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computing in Science & Engineering

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1521-9615

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MCSE.2005.89

Filename

1501741