nucleus

This workflow applies a Stardist pre-trained model (versatile_fluo or versatile_HE) depending on the input images ie. uses both models for a dataset including both fluorescence (grayscale or RGB where all channels are equal) and H&E stained (RGB where channels are not equal) images.

This version uses tensorflow CPU version (See Dockerfile) to ensure compatibility with a larger number of computers. A GPU version should be possible by adapting the Dockerfile with tensorflow-gpu and/or nvidia-docker images.

This workflow processes a group of images containing cells with discernible nuclei and segments the nuclei and outputs a binary mask that show where nuclei were detected. It performs 2D nuclei segmentation using pre-trained nuclei segmentation models of Cellpose. And it was developed as a test workflow for Neubias BIAFLOWS Benchmarking tool.

Nuclei tracking in 2D time-lapse with Octave tracker (adapted from Matlab LOBSTER version).

The macro will segment nuclei and separate clustered nuclei in a 3D image using a 2D Gaussian blur, followed by Thresholding, 2D hole filling and a 2D watershed. As a result an index-mask image is written for each input image.

U-Net segmentation as presented in Reference Publication. The model predicts three classes: background, edge and foreground. The model was trained with Kaggle Data Science Bowl (DSB) 2018 training set.