Abstract
Neutrophil granulocytes belong to the first responders of the innate immune system and are characterized by the capability to migrate towards a site of bacterial infections or inflammation. Several image-based in vitro assays exist to record and quantify their movement using migration parameters like speed, directionality or mean squared displacement. In this work, we propose to add morphological parameters to the analysis of time-lapse data. We analyzed a previously published data set of neutrophil granulocytes and combined morphological and migration profiles using the similarity network fusion (SNF) algorithm. To assess the information (gain) stored in the morphological, migration and combined data, we propose to use the signal strength as an objective measure. We conclude that morphological profiling can be combined with classical migration parameters to improve the readout of in vitro migration assays.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | 2018 IEEE 15th International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI 2018) |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Volume | 2018-April |
| Publisher | IEEE |
| Publication date | 23.05.2018 |
| Pages | 965-968 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-1-5386-3637-4, 978-1-5386-3635-0 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-1-5386-3636-7 |
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| Publication status | Published - 23.05.2018 |
| Event | 2018 IEEE 15th International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI 2018) - Washington, DC, United States Duration: 04.04.2018 → 07.04.2018 |