An algorithm for individual intermediate filament tracking

D. Kotsur, R. Yakobenchuk, R. Leube, R. Windoffer, J. Mattes. An algorithm for individual intermediate filament tracking. volume 11379, pages 66-74, DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13835-6_8, 3, 2019.

Autoren
  • Dmytro Kotsur
  • Roman Yakobenchuk
  • Rudolf E. Leube
  • Reinhard Windoffer
  • Julian Mattes
Editoren
  • Natasha Lepore
  • Jorge Brieva
  • Eduardo Romero
  • Daniel Racoceanu
  • Leo Joskowicz
BuchProcessing and Analysis of Biomedical Information - SaMBa 2018, Revised Selected Papers
TypIn Buch
VerlagSpringer
SerieLecture Notes in Computer Science
Band11379
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13835-6_8
ISBN978-3-030-13834-9
Monat3
Jahr2019
Seiten66-74
Abstract

In this paper we propose an algorithm for automatic tracking of individual intermediate filaments (IF), which form a highly branched network inside living cells. The algorithm is based on Stretching Open Active Contours (SOAC) combined with a novel method for processing the snake’s open ends. The main element of our approach (Endpoint-Controlled Active Contours) is a newly introduced potential function, which is included into the snake’s energy term forcing its end-points to coincide with the filament’s end- or junction-points. The comparison of our method with similar tracking algorithms for the problem of IF tracking shows a significantly improved accuracy of the overall tracking.