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ArticleCell calcium2014

An algorithm for automated detection, localization and measurement of local calcium signals from camera-based imaging.

Kyle L Ellefsen, Brett Settle, Ian Parker, Ian F Smith

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Article in Cell calcium, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 51 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

51 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Kyle L EllefsenDepartment of Neurobiology & Behavior, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA.
Brett SettleDepartment of Neurobiology & Behavior, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA.
Ian ParkerDepartment of Neurobiology & Behavior, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA; Department of Physiology & Biophysics, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA.
Ian F SmithDepartment of Neurobiology & Behavior, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA. Electronic address: ismith@uci.edu.

Funding

Multi-scale observation and modeling of IP3/Ca signalingR01GM065830 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIF-LOS ALAMOS NAT LAB · PI MAK, DON-ON DANIEL, PARKER, IAN · 2002 to 2017
$10.7M
Elementary Events of Intracellular Calcium SignalingR37GM048071 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI PARKER, IAN · 2011 to 2020
$5.3M
SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL ASPECTS OF INSP3 SIGNALLINGR01GM048071 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI PARKER, IAN · 1992 to 2010
$3.9M
Calcium Signals Within Membrane NanotubesR01GM100201 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI SMITH, IAN F · 2012 to 2016
$1.5M
NIGMS NIH HHS GM 048071NIGMS NIH HHS GM 065830NIGMS NIH HHS GM 100201NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM048071NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM065830NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM100201NIGMS NIH HHS R37 GM048071
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Local Ca(2+) transients such as puffs and sparks form the building blocks of cellular Ca(2+) signaling in numerous cell types. They have traditionally been studied by linescan confocal microscopy, but advances in TIRF microscopy together with improved electron-multiplied CCD (EMCCD) cameras now enable rapid (>500 frames s(-1)) imaging of subcellular Ca(2+) signals with high spatial resolution in two dimensions. This approach yields vastly more information (ca. 1 Gb min(-1)) than linescan imaging, rendering visual identification and analysis of local events imaged both laborious and subject to user bias. Here we describe a routine to rapidly automate identification and analysis of local Ca(2+) events. This features an intuitive graphical user-interfaces and runs under Matlab and the open-source Python software. The underlying algorithm features spatial and temporal noise filtering to reliably detect even small events in the presence of noisy and fluctuating baselines; localizes sites of Ca(2+) release with sub-pixel resolution; facilitates user review and editing of data; and outputs time-sequences of fluorescence ratio signals for identified event sites along with Excel-compatible tables listing amplitudes and kinetics of events.

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AlgorithmsAutomationCalciumCalcium SignalingFluorescenceHumansMicroscopy, FluorescenceNeuroblastomaTumor Cells, CulturedCalciumAlgorithmAutomationCalciumFluorescenceImagingTotal internal reflection microscopy

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PMID25047761
PMCPMC4162823

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