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ArticleCell reports methods2023

Instant processing of large-scale image data with FACT, a real-time cell segmentation and tracking algorithm.

Ting-Chun Chou, Li You, Cecile Beerens, Kate J Feller, Jelle Storteboom, Miao-Ping Chien

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Article in Cell reports methods, 2023. 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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4 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ting-Chun ChouDepartment of Molecular Genetics, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3015 GD Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, 3015 GD Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Oncode Institute, 3521 AL Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Li YouDepartment of Molecular Genetics, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3015 GD Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, 3015 GD Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Oncode Institute, 3521 AL Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Cecile BeerensDepartment of Molecular Genetics, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3015 GD Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, 3015 GD Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Oncode Institute, 3521 AL Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Kate J FellerDepartment of Molecular Genetics, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3015 GD Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, 3015 GD Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Oncode Institute, 3521 AL Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Jelle StorteboomDepartment of Molecular Genetics, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3015 GD Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, 3015 GD Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Oncode Institute, 3521 AL Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Miao-Ping ChienDepartment of Molecular Genetics, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3015 GD Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, 3015 GD Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Oncode Institute, 3521 AL Utrecht, the Netherlands. Electronic address: m.p.chien@erasmusmc.nl.
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Quantifying cellular characteristics from a large heterogeneous population is essential to identify rare, disease-driving cells. A recent development in the combination of high-throughput screening microscopy with single-cell profiling provides an unprecedented opportunity to decipher disease-driving phenotypes. Accurately and instantly processing large amounts of image data, however, remains a technical challenge when an analysis output is required minutes after data acquisition. Here, we present fast and accurate real-time cell tracking (FACT). FACT can segment ∼20,000 cells in an average of 2.5 s (1.9-93.5 times faster than the state of the art). It can export quantifiable features minutes after data acquisition (independent of the number of acquired image frames) with an average of 90%-96% precision. We apply FACT to identify directionally migrating glioblastoma cells with 96% precision and irregular cell lineages from a 24 h movie with an average F1 score of 0.91.

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AlgorithmsImage Processing, Computer-AssistedCell TrackingMicroscopycell tracking correctionCP: Imaginghigh-throughput imaginglineage trackinglive-cell imagingmachine-learning-based cell segmentationreal-time cell tracking

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PMID37963463
PMCPMC10694492
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