COverlap: a Fiji toolset for the 3D co-localization of two fluorescent nuclear markers in confocal images
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With the increasing complexity and throughput of microscopy
experiments, it has become essential for biologists to navigate
computational means of analysis to produce automated and
reproducible workflows. Bioimage ...Lire la suite >
With the increasing complexity and throughput of microscopy
experiments, it has become essential for biologists to navigate
computational means of analysis to produce automated and
reproducible workflows. Bioimage analysis workflows being largely
underreported in method sections of articles, it is however quite
difficult to find practical examples of documented scripts to support
beginner programmers in biology. Here, we introduce COverlap, a Fiji
toolset composed of four macros, for the 3D segmentation and colocalization
of fluorescent nuclear markers in confocal images. The
toolset accepts batches of multichannel z-stack images, segments
objects in two channels of interest, and outputs object counts and
labels, as well as co-localization results based on the physical overlap
of objects. The first macro is a preparatory step that produces
maximum intensity projections of images for visualization purposes.
The second macro assists users in selecting batch-suitable
segmentation parameters by testing them on small portions of the
images. The third macro performs automated segmentation and colocalization
analysis, and saves the parameters used, the results table,
the 3D regions of interest (ROIs) of co-localizing objects, and two types
of verification images with segmentation and co-localization masks for
each image of the batch. The fourth macro allows users to review the
verification images displaying segmentation masks and the location of
co-localization events, and to perform corrections such as ROI
adjustment, z-stack reslicing, and volume estimation correction in an
automatically documented manner. To illustrate how COverlap
operates, we present an experiment in which we identified rare
endothelial proliferation events in adult rat brain slices on more than
350 large tiled z-stacks. We conclude by discussing the reproducibility
and generalizability of the toolset, its limitations for different datasets,
and its potential use as a template that is adaptable to other types of
analyses.< Réduire
Mots clés en anglais
3D segmentation
Co-localization
Confocal microscopy
Angiogenesis
Bioimage analysis
Endothelial cell proliferation
ImageJ
Fiji toolset
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