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A mutual information approach to automate identification of neuronal clusters in Drosophila brain images.

cam.issuedOnline2012-06
dc.contributor.authorMasse, Nicolas Y
dc.contributor.authorCachero, Sebastian
dc.contributor.authorOstrovsky, Aaron D
dc.contributor.authorJefferis, Gregory SXE
dc.contributor.orcidJefferis, Gregory [0000-0002-0587-9355]
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-30T00:31:47Z
dc.date.available2018-11-30T00:31:47Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractMapping neural circuits can be accomplished by labeling a small number of neural structures per brain, and then combining these structures across multiple brains. This sparse labeling method has been particularly effective in Drosophila melanogaster, where clonally related clusters of neurons derived from the same neural stem cell (neuroblast clones) are functionally related and morphologically highly stereotyped across animals. However identifying these neuroblast clones (approximately 180 per central brain hemisphere) manually remains challenging and time consuming. Here, we take advantage of the stereotyped nature of neural circuits in Drosophila to identify clones automatically, requiring manual annotation of only an initial, smaller set of images. Our procedure depends on registration of all images to a common template in conjunction with an image processing pipeline that accentuates and segments neural projections and cell bodies. We then measure how much information the presence of a cell body or projection at a particular location provides about the presence of each clone. This allows us to select a highly informative set of neuronal features as a template that can be used to detect the presence of clones in novel images. The approach is not limited to a specific labeling strategy and can be used to identify partial (e.g., individual neurons) as well as complete matches. Furthermore this approach could be generalized to studies of neural circuits in other organisms.
dc.format.mediumElectronic-eCollection
dc.identifier.doi10.17863/CAM.33443
dc.identifier.eissn1662-5196
dc.identifier.issn1662-5196
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/286128
dc.languageeng
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherFrontiers Media SA
dc.publisher.urlhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fninf.2012.00021
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectDrosophila
dc.subjectconfocal microscopy
dc.subjectimage classification
dc.subjectimage registration
dc.subjectmutual information
dc.subjectneuron
dc.titleA mutual information approach to automate identification of neuronal clusters in Drosophila brain images.
dc.typeArticle
dcterms.dateAccepted2012-05-11
prism.publicationDate2012
prism.publicationNameFront Neuroinform
prism.startingPage21
prism.volume6
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate2012-01
rioxxterms.licenseref.urihttp://www.rioxx.net/licenses/all-rights-reserved
rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Review
rioxxterms.versionVoR
rioxxterms.versionofrecord10.3389/fninf.2012.00021

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