Title :
A computer-based system to analyze neuron images
Author :
Xu, Xiaoyin ; Chen, Xiaowei ; Liu, Kuang-Yu ; Zhu, Jinmin ; Zhou, Xiaobo ; Wong, Stephen T C
Abstract :
We present a system of analyzing microscopy neuron images and archiving image data and analyzed results. The system focuses on processing 3D neuron images and extracting features concerning dendrites and spines. To extract dendrite and spine features, we apply morphology analysis to identify dendrites at first. Based on detected dendrites, we use region-growing to detect spines, which are short protrusions attached to the dendrite. The system has been shown to help researchers to reduce time in analyzing neuron images.
Keywords :
feature extraction; mathematical morphology; medical image processing; optical microscopy; 3D neuron image processing; computer based image analysis system; data mining; dendrite protrusions; dentrite feature extraction; digital optical microscopy; image data archiving; microscopy neuron image analysis; morphology analysis; region-growing; relational database; spine feature extraction; Data analysis; Data mining; Feature extraction; Image analysis; Image databases; Image processing; Neurons; Optical microscopy; Pipelines; Spatial databases;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems, 2005. ISCAS 2005. IEEE International Symposium on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8834-8
DOI :
10.1109/ISCAS.2005.1465563
