Presentation 2022-07-08
[Short Paper] Automatic Cell Tracking in 4D Arabidopsis Root Microscopic Images Using Genetic Algorithm
Yu Song, Yutaro Iwamoto, Tatsuaki Goh, Yohei Kondo, Keiji Nakajima, Yen-wei Chen,
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Abstract(in English) Single-particle tracking (SPT) is a crucial progress to discover unknown principles of plants. Through accurate tracking of each particle on time-lapse images of biological samples taken by microscopes, many hypotheses in biological field can thus be verified. A commonly used method for tracking is called linear assignment problem (LAP) tracker. LAP tracker is well suited for particles undergoing Brownian motion. However, in our task, we are going to track the cortex cells of Arabidopsis root on 3D time-lapse (4D) images, where cells of Arabidopsis root are densely arranged. This makes LAP tracker ineffective when considering the distances costs of links. To realize accurate SPT on this task, we propose an automatic tracking method using genetic algorithm (GA). Based on the shape information we know about Arabidopsis roots, a 3D image at a frame can be viewed as 8 lines of cells. Therefore, we turn the SPT into the tracking on each of 8 lines in the time axis. Due to the elongation of cells, each line is not a straight line but more like a curve. For each frame, we use a GA to select an optimal plane to project cells. The projected cells are well separated to 8 regions, where each region represents a line of cells. After clustering the projected cells into 8 lines, we do the tracking based on 8 lines of cells. Finally, we operate SPT of each cortex cell. Through experiments, the proposed method realizes stable and accurate tracking of Arabidopsis root cortex cells.
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Keyword(in English) Arabidopsis RootCell TrackingGenetic AlgorithmSingle-Particle Tracking
Paper # MI2022-34
Date of Issue 2022-07-01 (MI)

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Committee MI
Conference Date 2022/7/8(2days)
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Topics (in English) Medical imaging, recoginition, etc.
Chair Hidekata Hontani(Nagoya Inst. of Tech.)
Vice Chair Hideaki Haneishi(Chiba Univ.) / Takayuki Kitasaka(Aichi Inst. of Tech.)
Secretary Hideaki Haneishi(Yamaguchi Univ.) / Takayuki Kitasaka(Univ. of Hyogo)
Assistant Takeshi Hara(Gifu Univ.) / Yoshito Otake(NAIST)

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Title (in English) [Short Paper] Automatic Cell Tracking in 4D Arabidopsis Root Microscopic Images Using Genetic Algorithm
Sub Title (in English)
Keyword(1) Arabidopsis RootCell TrackingGenetic AlgorithmSingle-Particle Tracking
1st Author's Name Yu Song
1st Author's Affiliation Ritsumeikan University(Ritsumeikan Univ.)
2nd Author's Name Yutaro Iwamoto
2nd Author's Affiliation Ritsumeikan University(Ritsumeikan Univ.)
3rd Author's Name Tatsuaki Goh
3rd Author's Affiliation Nara Institute of Science and Technology(NAIST)
4th Author's Name Yohei Kondo
4th Author's Affiliation Exploratory Research Center on Life and Living Systems(ExCELLS)
5th Author's Name Keiji Nakajima
5th Author's Affiliation Nara Institute of Science and Technology(NAIST)
6th Author's Name Yen-wei Chen
6th Author's Affiliation Ritsumeikan University(Ritsumeikan Univ.)
Date 2022-07-08
Paper # MI2022-34
Volume (vol) vol.122
Number (no) MI-98
Page pp.pp.10-15(MI),
#Pages 6
Date of Issue 2022-07-01 (MI)