Automated Tracking of Biological Cells · PowerPoint Presentation Author: Lrice10 Created Date:...
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Automated Tracking of
Biological Cells
Lance Rice
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Automated Cell Tracking
• Biological cell cultures
• Prerecorded microscopy
video
• Maintain location of
every cell over entire
video
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Why it Matters
• Incredible Amount of
o Diversity
o Volume
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Toxins
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Toxins
Ecological Factors?
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(100 clicks) x (1000 frames) x (12 Videos) =
1.2 MILLION CLICKS!
(Recorded experiments) x 12
• ~100 cells
• ~1000 frames
• Efficiency
• Accuracy
• Completeness
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Method Overview
• Detection
• Association (Low)
• Association (High)
Position
Time
Cell1 Cell2
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Challenges
• Detection
o Missed Detections
Position
Time
Traffic!!
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Challenges
• Detection
o Missed Detections
o Detection noise
Position
Time
Are we positive that cell-1
went to the right?
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Challenges:
• Detection
o Missed Detections
o Detection noise
• Association
o Incorrect Matches
Position
Time
ID Switch!
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Challenges:
• Detection
o Missed Detections
o Detection noise
• Association
o Incorrect Matches
o Failed to make any connection
Position
Time
Fragments!
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Detection
Experimented with 3 approaches
Wrong!
1. Circle Fitting
Correct Answer Result
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Detection
Wrong!
1. Circle Fitting
2. Watershed
Correct Answer Result
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Detection 1. Circle Fitting
2. Watershed
3. Distance Fitted Ellipse
Correct Answer
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Association
Position
Size
Motion Pattern
Appearance
Gab
Connections
Low Level High Level
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Results (cont.)
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Circle Fitting Watershed Distance Fitted Ellipse
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Conclusions
• P. Parvum tracking on low quality video
• Improvements through better Detection
• Problem areas
o False Positives & ID switches
o Dropped tracks
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The Next Step
Trained Detector
o Expand on variety of data
Area ?
Color ?
Shape ?
Proximity ?
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The Next Step
• Visualization of cell motion patterns
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The Next Step
• Cluster analysis
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Thank you
Questions?