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- Title
Bacterial cell identification in differential interference contrast microscopy images.
- Authors
Obara, Boguslaw; Roberts, Mark A. J.; Armitage, Judith P.; Grau, Vicente
- Abstract
Background: Microscopy image segmentation lays the foundation for shape analysis, motion tracking, and classification of biological objects. Despite its importance, automated segmentation remains challenging for several widely used non-fluorescence, interference-based microscopy imaging modalities. For example in differential interference contrast microscopy which plays an important role in modern bacterial cell biology. Therefore, new revolutions in the field require the development of tools, technologies and work-flows to extract and exploit information from interference-based imaging data so as to achieve new fundamental biological insights and understanding. Results: We have developed and evaluated a high-throughput image analysis and processing approach to detect and characterize bacterial cells and chemotaxis proteins. Its performance was evaluated using differential interference contrast and fluorescence microscopy images of Rhodobacter sphaeroides. Conclusions: Results demonstrate that the proposed approach provides a fast and robust method for detection and analysis of spatial relationship between bacterial cells and their chemotaxis proteins.
- Subjects
BACTERIAL cells; IMAGE analysis; RHODOBACTER sphaeroides; CHEMOTAXIS; BACTERIA cytology
- Publication
BMC Bioinformatics, 2013, Vol 14, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1471-2105
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/1471-2105-14-134