Robust Automated Image Analysis of Activated Red Blood Cells

RESEARCH ARTICLE Robust Automated Image Analysis of Activated Red Blood Cells Jan Martens, Mauro C. Wesseling, Joachim Weickert and Ingolf Bernhardt Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine Universite du Luxembourg 6, avenue du Swing 4367 Belvaux, Luxembourg Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science Saarland University, Campus E1.7 66041 Saarbruecken, Germany Laboratory of Biophysics, Saarland University, Sarrbruecken, Germany

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