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ArticleCell reports methods2023

u-track3D: Measuring, navigating, and validating dense particle trajectories in three dimensions.

Philippe Roudot, Wesley R Legant, Qiongjing Zou, Kevin M Dean, Tadamoto Isogai, Erik S Welf, Ana F David, Daniel W Gerlich, Reto Fiolka, Eric Betzig and 1 more

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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 21 papers.

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21 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Philippe RoudotLyda Hill Department of Bioinformatics, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA; Aix Marseille University, CNRS, Centrale Marseille, I2M, Turing Centre for Living Systems, Marseille, France. Electronic address: philippe.roudot@univ-amu.fr.
Wesley R LegantJoint Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina State University, Chapel Hill, NC, USA; Department of Pharmacology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Qiongjing ZouLyda Hill Department of Bioinformatics, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
Kevin M DeanLyda Hill Department of Bioinformatics, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
Tadamoto IsogaiLyda Hill Department of Bioinformatics, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
Erik S WelfLyda Hill Department of Bioinformatics, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
Ana F DavidInstitute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna BioCenter, Vienna, Austria.
Daniel W GerlichInstitute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna BioCenter, Vienna, Austria.
Reto FiolkaLyda Hill Department of Bioinformatics, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
Eric BetzigDepartment of Molecular & Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Gaudenz DanuserLyda Hill Department of Bioinformatics, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA. Electronic address: gaudenz.danuser@utsouthwestern.edu.

Funding

UTSW-UNC Center for Cell Signaling AnalysisRM1GM145399 · NIGMS · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI Kevin Michael Dean, Klaus M. Hahn · 2022 to 2026
$6.2M
Functional causality in regulating cell morphogenesisR35GM136428 · NIGMS · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI DANUSER, GAUDENZ · 2020 to 2024
$4.1M
Transformative microscopes to image across spatiotemporal scalesR35GM133522 · NIGMS · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI Reto Paul Fiolka · 2019 to 2026
$3.1M
Connecting the dots between single molecule dynamics and cell differentiationDP2GM136653 · NIGMS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI LEGANT, WESLEY R. · 2019 to 2019
$2.3M
Multiscale microscope for 3D cancer imaging in model organisms and organoidsR33CA235254 · NCI · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI FIOLKA, RETO PAUL · 2019 to 2021
$930k
NCI NIH HHS R33 CA235254NIGMS NIH HHS DP2 GM136653NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM133522NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM136428NIGMS NIH HHS RM1 GM145399
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We describe u-track3D, a software package that extends the versatile u-track framework established in 2D to address the specific challenges of 3D particle tracking. First, we present the performance of the new package in quantifying a variety of intracellular dynamics imaged by multiple 3D microcopy platforms and on the standard 3D test dataset of the particle tracking challenge. These analyses indicate that u-track3D presents a tracking solution that is competitive to both conventional and deep-learning-based approaches. We then present the concept of dynamic region of interest (dynROI), which allows an experimenter to interact with dynamic 3D processes in 2D views amenable to visual inspection. Third, we present an estimator of trackability that automatically defines a score for every trajectory, thereby overcoming the challenges of trajectory validation by visual inspection. With these combined strategies, u-track3D provides a complete framework for unbiased studies of molecular processes in complex volumetric sequences.

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AlgorithmsImaging, Three-DimensionalPhysical Examination3D visualizationcell biologyconfocal microscopyCP: Imagingerror inferenceintracellular dynamicslight-sheet microscopymultiple particle trackingparticle tracking challenge

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PMID38042149
PMCPMC10783629

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