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T his protocol and the accompanying software program called LEVER (lineage editing and validation) enable quantitative automated analysis of phase-contrast time-lapse images of cultured neural stem cells. Images are captured at 5-min intervals over a period of 5-15 d as the cells proliferate and differentiate. LEVER automatically segments, tracks and generates lineage trees of the stem cells from the image sequence. In addition to generating lineage trees capturing the population dynamics of clonal development, LEVER extracts quantitative phenotypic measurements of cell location, shape, movement and size. When available, the system can include biomolecular markers imaged using fluorescence. It then displays the results to the user for highly efficient inspection and editing to correct any errors in the segmentation, tracking or lineaging. To enable high-throughput inspection, LEVER incorporates features for rapid identification of errors and for learning from user-supplied corrections to automatically identify and correct related errors.
Vertebrate neural stem cell segmentation, tracking and lineaging with validation and editing
Creators
Mark Winter - University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
Eric Wait - University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
Badrinath Roysam - University of Houston
Susan K. Goderie - Neural Stem Cell Institute
Rania Ahmed Naguib Ali - Neural Stem Cell Institute
Erzsebet Kokovay - Neural Stem Cell Institute
Sally Temple - Neural Stem Cell Institute
Andrew R. Cohen - University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
Publication Details
Nature protocols, v 6(12), pp 1942-1952
Publisher
Springer Nature
Number of pages
11
Grant note
C024352 / New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH)
R01EB005157 / NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL IMAGING AND BIOENGINEERING; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute of Biomedical Imaging & Bioengineering (NIBIB)
R01AG041861 / NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute on Aging (NIA)
NS033529 / US National Institutes of Health (NIH); United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA
R01NS033529 / NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke (NINDS)
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Regenerative Research Foundation
R01EB005157; R01NS076709 / NIH from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Resource Type
Journal article
Language
English
Academic Unit
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Web of Science ID
WOS:000298157100010
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-84859016779
Other Identifier
991019296805104721
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