[HTML][HTML] Automated and semi-automated enhancement, segmentation and tracing of cytoskeletal networks in microscopic images: A review

B Özdemir, R Reski - Computational and structural biotechnology journal, 2021 - Elsevier
Cytoskeletal filaments are structures of utmost importance to biological cells and organisms
due to their versatility and the significant functions they perform. These biopolymers are most …

Segmentation and tracking of cytoskeletal filaments using open active contours

MB Smith, H Li, T Shen, X Huang, E Yusuf… - …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
We use open active contours to quantify cytoskeletal structures imaged by fluorescence
microscopy in two and three dimensions. We developed an interactive software tool for …

Quantitative mapping of keratin networks in 3D

R Windoffer, N Schwarz, S Yoon, T Piskova… - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Mechanobiology requires precise quantitative information on processes taking place in
specific 3D microenvironments. Connecting the abundance of microscopical, molecular …

Settling dynamics of Brownian chains in viscous fluids

LHP Cunha, J Zhao, FC MacKintosh, SL Biswal - Physical Review Fluids, 2022 - APS
We investigate the dynamics of sedimenting Brownian filaments using experimental,
computational, and theoretical approaches. The filaments under consideration are …

Active Canny: edge detection and recovery with open active contour models

M Baştan, SS Bukhari, T Breuel - IET Image Processing, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The authors introduce an edge detection and recovery framework based on open active
contour models (snakelets) to mitigate the problem of noisy or broken edges produced by …

3D actin network centerline extraction with multiple active contours

T Xu, D Vavylonis, X Huang - Medical image analysis, 2014 - Elsevier
Fluorescence microscopy is frequently used to study two and three dimensional network
structures formed by cytoskeletal polymer fibers such as actin filaments and actin cables …

An integrated enhancement and reconstruction strategy for the quantitative extraction of actin stress fibers from fluorescence micrographs

Z Zhang, S Xia, P Kanchanawong - BMC bioinformatics, 2017 - Springer
Background The stress fibers are prominent organization of actin filaments that perform
important functions in cellular processes such as migration, polarization, and traction force …

Automatic extraction of actin networks in plants

J Hembrow, MJ Deeks… - PLOS Computational …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
The actin cytoskeleton is essential in eukaryotes, not least in the plant kingdom where it
plays key roles in cell expansion, cell division, environmental responses and pathogen …

Combining image restoration and traction force microscopy to study extracellular matrix-dependent keratin filament network plasticity

S Yoon, R Windoffer, AN Kozyrina, T Piskova… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Keratin intermediate filaments are dynamic cytoskeletal components that are responsible for
tuning the mechanical properties of epithelial tissues. Although it is known that keratin …

Extraction and analysis of actin networks based on open active contour models

T Xu, H Li, T Shen, N Ojkic… - … Imaging: From Nano …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network structures formed by actin filaments are present in many kinds of fluorescence
microscopy images. In order to quantify the conformations and dynamics of such actin …