Automated axon segmentation from highly noisy microscopic videos

John Bowler, Rogerio Feris, Liangliang Cao, Jun Wang, Mo Zhou

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Abstract

We present a novel method for automated segmentation of axons in extremely noisy videos obtained via two-photon microscopy in awake mice. We formulate segmentation as a pixel-wise classification problem in which a pixel is classified into 'axon' or 'non-axon' based on its feature vector. In order to deal with high levels of noise, the features of our classifier are derived from spatio-temporal Independent Component Analysis (stICA) which effectively isolates noise from signal components while leveraging temporal coherence from the video. We fit parametric models to represent the distribution of the extracted features and apply a probabilistic classifier over stICA components to determine the label of each pixel. Finally, we show compelling qualitative and quantitative results from very challenging two-photon microscopic, demonstrating the usefulness of our approach. An example time-series of two-photon images with our automated ROI extraction over layed is available with the supplemental materials.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2015 IEEE Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision, WACV 2015
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages915-920
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781479966820
DOIs
StatePublished - 19 Feb 2015
Externally publishedYes
Event2015 15th IEEE Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision, WACV 2015 - Waikoloa, United States
Duration: 5 Jan 20159 Jan 2015

Publication series

NameProceedings - 2015 IEEE Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision, WACV 2015

Conference

Conference2015 15th IEEE Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision, WACV 2015
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityWaikoloa
Period5/01/159/01/15

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