Efficient parallel Levenberg-Marquardt model fitting towards real-time automated parametric imaging microscopy.
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SUBMITTER: Zhu X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3794933 | biostudies-literature |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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