PUBLICATION

Automatic segmentation of time-lapse microscopy images depicting a live Dharma embryo

Authors
Zacharia, E., Bondesson, M., Riu, A., Ducharme, N.A., Gustafsson, J.A., and Kakadiaris, I.A.
ID
ZDB-PUB-120125-22
Date
2011
Source
Conference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual Conference   2011: 8082-8085 (Journal)
Registered Authors
Keywords
image segmentation, fluorescence microscopy
MeSH Terms
  • Animals
  • Automation
  • Chromosomes/metabolism
  • Embryo, Nonmammalian/anatomy & histology*
  • Image Processing, Computer-Assisted/methods*
  • Microscopy, Fluorescence/methods*
  • Time-Lapse Imaging/methods*
  • Zebrafish/embryology*
PubMed
22256217 Full text @ Conf. Proc. IEEE Eng. Med. Biol. Soc.
Abstract

Biological inferences about the toxicity of chemicals reached during experiments on the zebrafish Dharma embryo can be greatly affected by the analysis of the time-lapse microscopy images depicting the embryo. Among the stages of image analysis, automatic and accurate segmentation of the Dharma embryo is the most crucial and challenging. In this paper, an accurate and automatic segmentation approach for the segmentation of the Dharma embryo data obtained by fluorescent time-lapse microscopy is proposed. Experiments performed in four stacks of 3D images over time have shown promising results.

Genes / Markers
Figures
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Antibodies
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping