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  • noun An arbitrary colour assigned to each gray level of a monochrome image; used especially in thermography

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  • False colour (aka pseudocolour) is a standard image processing technique of applying a colour scale to 'mono' data (either monochrome photos, or data that's not in a visible range).

    Pseudocolour gives you the PIP Ray Girvan 2005

  • (A) Drawing and pseudocolour image of the Ca2+ signal at basal conditions (t0) of an EC slice showing the NMDA-containing pipette and the patch pipette on a layer V neuron.

    PLoS Biology: New Articles Marta Gómez-Gonzalo et al. 2010

  • The heat map tracks have different ranges and different maximum (max) pseudocolour levels: STA (0-55, scaled to max 10) % bp.

    Naturejobs - All Jobs 2010

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