Title |
Ranked retrieval of segmented nuclei for objective assessment of cancer gene repositioning
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Published in |
BMC Bioinformatics, September 2012
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2105-13-232 |
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Authors |
William J Cukierski, Kaustav Nandy, Prabhakar Gudla, Karen J Meaburn, Tom Misteli, David J Foran, Stephen J Lockett |
Abstract |
Correct segmentation is critical to many applications within automated microscopy image analysis. Despite the availability of advanced segmentation algorithms, variations in cell morphology, sample preparation, and acquisition settings often lead to segmentation errors. This manuscript introduces a ranked-retrieval approach using logistic regression to automate selection of accurately segmented nuclei from a set of candidate segmentations. The methodology is validated on an application of spatial gene repositioning in breast cancer cell nuclei. Gene repositioning is analyzed in patient tissue sections by labeling sequences with fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), followed by measurement of the relative position of each gene from the nuclear center to the nuclear periphery. This technique requires hundreds of well-segmented nuclei per sample to achieve statistical significance. Although the tissue samples in this study contain a surplus of available nuclei, automatic identification of the well-segmented subset remains a challenging task. |
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