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ArticleBiophysical journal2018

PLANT: A Method for Detecting Changes of Slope in Noisy Trajectories.

Alberto Sosa-Costa, Izabela K Piechocka, Lucia Gardini, Francesco S Pavone, Marco Capitanio, Maria F Garcia-Parajo, Carlo Manzo

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Article in Biophysical journal, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Alberto Sosa-CostaICFO-Institut de Ciències Fotòniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Castelldefels, Barcelona, Spain.
Izabela K PiechockaICFO-Institut de Ciències Fotòniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Castelldefels, Barcelona, Spain.
Lucia GardiniLENS - European Laboratory for Non-linear Spectroscopy, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy; National Institute of Optics-National Research Council, Florence, Italy.
Francesco S PavoneLENS - European Laboratory for Non-linear Spectroscopy, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy; National Institute of Optics-National Research Council, Florence, Italy; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy.
Marco CapitanioLENS - European Laboratory for Non-linear Spectroscopy, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy.
Maria F Garcia-ParajoICFO-Institut de Ciències Fotòniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Castelldefels, Barcelona, Spain; ICREA, Barcelona, Spain.
Carlo ManzoICFO-Institut de Ciències Fotòniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Castelldefels, Barcelona, Spain; Universitat de Vic - Universitat Central de Catalunya, Vic, Spain. Electronic address: carlo.manzo@uvic.cat.
Institute of Photonic Sciences · ESNational Research Council · ITInstitució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats · ESUniversity of Florence · IT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Time traces obtained from a variety of biophysical experiments contain valuable information on underlying processes occurring at the molecular level. Accurate quantification of these data can help explain the details of the complex dynamics of biological systems. Here, we describe PLANT (Piecewise Linear Approximation of Noisy Trajectories), a segmentation algorithm that allows the reconstruction of time-trace data with constant noise as consecutive straight lines, from which changes of slopes and their respective durations can be extracted. We present a general description of the algorithm and perform extensive simulations to characterize its strengths and limitations, providing a rationale for the performance of the algorithm in the different conditions tested. We further apply the algorithm to experimental data obtained from tracking the centroid position of lymphocytes migrating under the effect of a laminar flow and from single myosin molecules interacting with actin in a dual-trap force-clamp configuration.

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AlgorithmsBiophysicsEndothelial CellsImage Processing, Computer-AssistedLymphocytesMicroscopy, Atomic ForceSignal-To-Noise RatioTime Factors

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PMID29742398
PMCPMC5961521
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