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3D parallel coordinate systems—A new data visualization method in the context of microscopy-based multicolor tissue cytometry

  1. Marc Streit1,2,
  2. Rupert C. Ecker2,
  3. Katja Österreicher2,4,
  4. Georg E. Steiner2,
  5. Horst Bischof1,
  6. Christine Bangert3,
  7. Tamara Kopp3,
  8. Radu Rogojanu1,2,*

Article first published online: 5 MAY 2006

DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.20288

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Cytometry Part A

Cytometry Part A

Special Issue: Slide-Based Cytometry in Cytomics

Volume 69A, Issue 7, pages 601–611, July 2006

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Streit, M., Ecker, R. C., Österreicher, K., Steiner, G. E., Bischof, H., Bangert, C., Kopp, T. and Rogojanu, R. (2006), 3D parallel coordinate systems—A new data visualization method in the context of microscopy-based multicolor tissue cytometry. Cytometry, 69A: 601–611. doi: 10.1002/cyto.a.20288

Author Information

  1. 1

    Institute for Computer Graphics and Vision, Graz University of Technology, Austria

  2. 2

    TissueGnostics GmbH, Vienna, Austria

  3. 3

    DIAID, Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna, Austria

  4. 4

    Department of Urology, Medical University of Vienna, Austria

*TissueGnostics GmbH, Taborstrasse 10/2/8, 1020 Vienna, Austria

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 28 JUN 2006
  2. Article first published online: 5 MAY 2006
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 7 APR 2006
  4. Manuscript Revised: 15 NOV 2005
  5. Manuscript Received: 23 MAY 2005

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  • K Plus Competence Center Advanced Computer Vision

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