Title
Methodology for Reconstructing Early Zebrafish Development From In Vivo Multiphoton Microscopy
Abstract
Investigating cell dynamics during early zebrafish embryogenesis requires specific image acquisition and analysis strategies. Multiharmonic microscopy, i.e., second- and third-harmonic generations, allows imaging cell divisions and cell membranes in unstained zebrafish embryos from 1- to 1000-cell stage. This paper presents the design and implementation of a dedicated image processing pipeline (tracking and segmentation) for the reconstruction of cell dynamics during these developmental stages. This methodology allows the reconstruction of the cell lineage tree including division timings, spatial coordinates, and cell shape until the 1000-cell stage with minute temporal accuracy and micrometer spatial resolution. Data analysis of the digital embryos provides an extensive quantitative description of early zebrafish embryogenesis.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1109/TIP.2011.2177911
IEEE Transactions on Image Processing
Keywords
Field
DocType
Embryo,Microscopy,Timing,Image reconstruction,Three dimensional displays,Pipelines
Iterative reconstruction,Computer vision,Segmentation,Zebrafish,Multiphoton fluorescence microscope,Image processing,Cell lineage,Artificial intelligence,Microscopy,Computational biology,Image resolution,Mathematics
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
21
4
1057-7149
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.36
2
Authors
13