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SamuROI, a python-based software tool for visualization and analysis of dynamic time series imaging at multiple spatial scales

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Title:SamuROI, a python-based software tool for visualization and analysis of dynamic time series imaging at multiple spatial scales
Creators Name:Rueckl, M., Lenzi, S.C., Moreno-Velasquez, L., Parthier, D., Schmitz, D., Ruediger, S. and Johenning, F.W.
Abstract:The measurement of activity in vivo and in vitro has shifted from electrical to optical methods. While the indicators for imaging activity have improved significantly over the last decade, tools for analysing optical data have not kept pace. Most available analysis tools are limited in their flexibility and applicability to datasets obtained at different spatial scales. Here, we present SamuROI (Structured analysis of multiple user-defined ROIs), an open source Python-based analysis environment for imaging data. SamuROI simplifies exploratory analysis and visualization of image series of fluorescence changes in complex structures over time and is readily applicable at different spatial scales. In this paper, we show the utility of SamuROI in Ca(2+)-imaging based applications at three spatial scales: the micro-scale (i.e., sub-cellular compartments including cell bodies, dendrites and spines); the meso-scale, (i.e., whole cell and population imaging with single-cell resolution); and the macro-scale (i.e., imaging of changes in bulk fluorescence in large brain areas, without cellular resolution). The software described here provides a graphical user interface for intuitive data exploration and region of interest (ROI) management that can be used interactively within Jupyter Notebook: a publicly available interactive Python platform that allows simple integration of our software with existing tools for automated ROI generation and post-processing, as well as custom analysis pipelines. SamuROI software, source code and installation instructions are publicly available on GitHub and documentation is available online. SamuROI reduces the energy barrier for manual exploration and semi-automated analysis of spatially complex Ca(2+) imaging datasets, particularly when these have been acquired at different spatial scales.
Keywords:Calcium Imaging, Analysis Software, Python Programming, Open Source Software, Microscopy, Fluorescence, Animals, Mice, Rats
Source:Frontiers in Neuroinformatics
ISSN:1662-5196
Publisher:Frontiers Media SA
Volume:11
Page Range:44
Date:29 June 2017
Official Publication:https://doi.org/10.3389/fninf.2017.00044
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