Paper Info
Title
DeepMQ - A Deep Learning Approach Based Myelin Quantification in Microscopic Fluorescence Images.
Abstract
Oligodendrocytes wrap around the axons and form the myelin. Myelin facilitates rapid neural signal transmission. Any damage to myelin disrupts neuronal communication leading to neurological diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS). There is no cure for MS. This is, in part, due to lack of an efficient method for myelin quantification during drug screening. In this study, an image analysis based myelin sheath detection method, DeepMQ, is developed. The method consists of a feature extraction step followed by a deep learning based binary classification module. The images, which were acquired on a confocal microscope contain three channels and multiple z-sections. Each channel represents either oligodendroyctes, neurons, or nuclei. During feature extraction, 26-neighbours of each voxel is mapped onto a 2D feature image. This image is, then, fed to the deep learning classifier, in order to detect myelin. Results indicate that 93.38% accuracy is achieved in a set of fluorescence microscope images of mouse stem cell-derived oligodendroyctes and neurons. To the best of authors' knowledge, this is the first study utilizing image analysis along with machine learning techniques to quantify myelination.
Year
DOI
Venue
2018
10.23919/EUSIPCO.2018.8553438
European Signal Processing Conference
Keywords
Field
DocType
myelin,microscopic fluorescence imaging,neural network,deep learning,LeNet
Voxel,Fluorescence microscope,Biology,Pattern recognition,Multiple sclerosis,Feature extraction,Microscope,Artificial intelligence,Confocal,Bioinformatics,Deep learning,Myelin
Conference
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
2076-1465
0
0.34
References 
Authors
0
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Sibel Cimen100.34
Abdulkerim Çapar2194.28
Dursun Ali Ekinci300.34
Umut Engin Ayten43911.56
Bilal Ersen Kerman500.34
Behcet Ugur Töreyin601.01