Matlab

The workflow contains a Matlab package (plusTipTracker) for segmentation and tracking of microtubule tips, based on fluorescence time-lapse movies from microtubule tip markers such as EB-GFP. The tracking model accounts for the specific movement characteristics of microtubules Moreover, scripts for secondary analysis of detected microtubule paths are provided.

plusTipTracker is part of u-track 2.0 package. The workflow is described in the reference. 

Segmentation of Golgi.

Sample Images can be found here.

u-track is a multiple-particle tracking Matlab software that is designed to (1) track dense particle fields, (2) close gaps in particle trajectories resulting from detection failure, and (3) capture particle merging and splitting events resulting from occlusion or genuine aggregation and dissociation events. Its core is based on formulating correspondence problems as linear assignment problems and searching for a globally optimal solution.

Data can be read using bio-format and interfaced with OMero data base.

It comes as a standalone software, but can be used as a library, which is according to the authors the most widely used version of it.

• Version 2.2 adds parallel processing functionality for multi-movie datasets when using the GUI.
• Version 2.1 enables the analysis of movies stored on an OMERO server
• Version 2.0 includes two new tracking applications: microtubule plus-end tracking (previously distributed as plusTipTracker) and nuclei tracking
• A third optional processing step has been added to the analysis workflow, track analysis, with two methods: motion analysis and microtubule plus-end classification

For more information, please see Jaqaman et al., Nature Methods 5, pp. 695-702 (2008). Besides basic particle tracking, the software supports the features described in Applegate et al. J. Struct. Biol. 176(2):168-84. 2011 for tracking microtubule plus end markers; and in Ng et al. J. Cell Biol. 199(3):545-63. 2012 for tracking fluorescently-labeled cell nuclei.

WIS-PhagoTracker is a software application for quantitative analysis of high throughput cell migration assay. The cell migration assay is based on a modified Phagokinetic tracks procedure, in which motile cells "leave their tracks" on a specialized surface. These tracks are visualized using a screening microscope.

WIS-PhagoTracker enables morphometric analysis of such tracks. It uses multiscale segmentation algorithm for fine detection of tracks and cells boundaries.

Following the segmentation step, it quantifies various morphometric parameters for each track, such as track area, perimeter, major and minor axis and solidity. All these measures are calculated for each track in each well of a well plate and saved for further statistical analysis WIS-PhagoTracker supports all the analysis phases starting from preprocessing, finding tracks of selected wells or a whole plate, through viewing the results and manually rejecting tracks to statistical analysis of the results. It also supports batch processing of several plates, and analysis of single image files. A user interface enables the user to modify the relevant parameters of the process, according to specific image's requirements.

Results are exported into Excel readable files.