A toolbox to analyze collective cell migration, proliferation and cellular organization simultaneously.
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ABSTRACT: Background
Analyses of collective cell migration and orientation phenomena are needed to assess the behavior of multicellular clusters. While some tools to the authors' knowledge none is capable to analyze collective migration, cellular orientation and proliferation in phase contrast images simultaneously.Methods
We provide a tool based to analyze phase contrast images of dense cell layers. PIV is used to calculatevelocity fields, while the structure tensor provides cellular orientation. An artificial neural network is used to identify cell division events, allowing to correlate migratory and organizational phenomena with cell density.Conclusion
The presented tool allows the simultaneous analysis of collective cell behavior from phase contrast images in terms of migration, (self-)organization and proliferation.
SUBMITTER: Hohmann U
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10773533 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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A toolbox to analyze collective cell migration, proliferation and cellular organization simultaneously.
Hohmann Urszula U Ghadban Chalid C Prell Julian J Strauss Christian C Dehghani Faramarz F Hohmann Tim T
Cell adhesion & migration 20231108 1
<h4>Background</h4>Analyses of collective cell migration and orientation phenomena are needed to assess the behavior of multicellular clusters. While some tools to the authors' knowledge none is capable to analyze collective migration, cellular orientation and proliferation in phase contrast images simultaneously.<h4>Methods</h4>We provide a tool based to analyze phase contrast images of dense cell layers. PIV is used to calculatevelocity fields, while the structure tensor provides cellular orie ...[more]
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