Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/41097
- Title
- Image processing and reconstruction of cultured neuron skeletons
- Author/Creator
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Yu, Donggang;
Pham, Tuan D.;
Yan, Hong;
Jin, Jesse S.;
Luo, Suhuai;
Crane, Denis I.
- Institution
- The University of Newcastle. Faculty of Science & Information Technology, School of Design, Communication and Information Technology
- Description
- One approach to investigating neural death is through systematic studies of the changing morphology of cultured brain neurons in response to cellular challenges. Image segmentation and neuron skeleton reconstruction methods developed to date to analyze such changes have been limited by the low contrast of cells. In this paper we present new algorithms that successfully circumvent these problems. The binary method is based on logical analysis of grey and distance difference of images. The spurious regions are detected and removed through use of a hierarchical window filter. The skeletons of binary cell images are extracted. The extension direction and connection points of broken cell skeletons are automatically determined, and broken neural skeletons are reconstructed. The spurious strokes are deleted based on cell prior knowledge. The reconstructed skeletons are processed furthermore by filling holes, smoothing and extracting new skeletons. The final constructed neuron skeletons are analyzed and calculated to find the length and morphology of skeleton branches automatically. The efficacy of the developed algorithms is demonstrated here through a test of cultured brain neurons from newborn mice.
- Relation
- International Journal of Hybrid Intelligent Systems Vol. 5, Issue 4, p. 179-196
- Relation
- http://iospress.metapress.com/content/t41j365473gv2778/?p=7f6c6622beea4c5b9a603650829e4c92&pi=2
- Date
- 2008
- Publisher
- IOS Press
- Keyword(s)
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neuron cell image;
image segmentation;
grey and distance difference;
filtering window;
neuron skeleton;
skeleton reconstruction;
skeleton branch
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/41097
- Identifier
- ISSN:1448-5869
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