Evidence map›Paper›PMID 20195255›Full record

ReviewNature methods2010

Visualization of image data from cells to organisms.

Thomas Walter, David W Shattuck, Richard Baldock, Mark E Bastin, Anne E Carpenter, Suzanne Duce, Jan Ellenberg, Adam Fraser, Nicholas Hamilton, Steve Pieper and 4 more

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In one paragraph

Review in Nature methods, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 111 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
111citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

111 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Aardvark: Composite Visualizations of Trees, Time-Series, and Images.IEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics · 2025
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  18. Bioimage Analysis and Cell Motility.Patterns (New York, N.Y.) · 2021
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51 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Thomas WalterEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany.
David W Shattuck
Richard Baldock
Mark E Bastin
Anne E Carpenter
Suzanne Duce
Jan Ellenberg
Adam Fraser
Nicholas Hamilton
Steve Pieper
Mark A Ragan
Jurgen E Schneider
Pavel Tomancak
Jean-Karim Hériché

Funding

Washington University ConsoritumU54EB005149 · NIBIB · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI SHARP, GREGORY · 2004 to 2013
$39.3M
WHITE MATTER ARCHITECTURE FROM DT-MRIP41RR013218 · NCRR · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI KIKINIS, RON · 1998 to 2011
$30.6M
Center for Computational Biology (RMI)U54RR021813 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI TOGA, ARTHUR W · 2004 to 2010
$25.3M
YALE CENTER FOR THE: LEARNING &ATTENTIONP41RR013642 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI SMALL, GARY WILLIAM · 1998 to 2011
$21.9M
Discovery Pipeline (2 of 4)RL1CA133834 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI GOLUB, TODD R. · 2007 to 2011
$9.9M
MRI+DTI-Based Tools for Analyzing White Matter VariationR01EB004155 · NIBIB · BROWN UNIVERSITY · PI LAIDLAW, DAVID H · 2005 to 2008
$2.0M
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/G000883/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council E003443British Heart Foundation BS/06/001Medical Research Council MC_U127527203NCI NIH HHS 5 RL1 CA133834-03NCI NIH HHS RL1 CA133834NCRR NIH HHS P41 RR013218NCRR NIH HHS P41 RR013642NCRR NIH HHS P41 RR13218NCRR NIH HHS U54 RR021813NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB004155NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB004155-03NIBIB NIH HHS U54 EB005149Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Advances in imaging techniques and high-throughput technologies are providing scientists with unprecedented possibilities to visualize internal structures of cells, organs and organisms and to collect systematic image data characterizing genes and proteins on a large scale. To make the best use of these increasingly complex and large image data resources, the scientific community must be provided with methods to query, analyze and crosslink these resources to give an intuitive visual representation of the data. This review gives an overview of existing methods and tools for this purpose and highlights some of their limitations and challenges.

Indexed as

Image Processing, Computer-AssistedMagnetic Resonance ImagingMicroscopy

Identifiers

PMID20195255
PMCPMC3650473

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