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ArticlePloS one2012

Automated cell identification and tracking using nanoparticle moving-light-displays.

James A Tonkin, Paul Rees, Martyn R Brown, Rachel J Errington, Paul J Smith, Sally C Chappell, Huw D Summers

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Article in PloS one, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

James A TonkinCentre for Nanohealth, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea, United Kingdom.
Paul Rees
Martyn R Brown
Rachel J Errington
Paul J Smith
Sally C Chappell
Huw D Summers

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/E012574/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An automated technique for the identification, tracking and analysis of biological cells is presented. It is based on the use of nanoparticles, enclosed within intra-cellular vesicles, to produce clusters of discrete, point-like fluorescent, light sources within the cells. Computational analysis of these light ensembles in successive time frames of a movie sequence, using k-means clustering and particle tracking algorithms, provides robust and automated discrimination of live cells and their motion and a quantitative measure of their proliferation. This approach is a cytometric version of the moving light display technique which is widely used for analyzing the biological motion of humans and animals. We use the endocytosis of CdTe/ZnS, core-shell quantum dots to produce the light displays within an A549, epithelial, lung cancer cell line, using time-lapse imaging with frame acquisition every 5 minutes over a 40 hour time period. The nanoparticle moving light displays provide simultaneous collection of cell motility data, resolution of mitotic traversal dynamics and identification of familial relationships allowing construction of multi-parameter lineage trees.

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Cadmium CompoundsCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationHumansModels, TheoreticalNanoparticlesNanotechnologyQuantum DotsSulfidesTelluriumZinc CompoundsCadmium Compoundscadmium tellurideSulfidesTelluriumZinc Compoundszinc sulfide

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PMID22829889
PMCPMC3400648

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