Graph-Based Quantification of Astrocytes

Astroglial cells in the central nervous system (CNS) are able to change their morphology and shape after different kinds of stimuli. We have developed a method for the structural description of astrocytes based on their representation as undirected simple graphs. The underlying image processing chain and the algorithm for the graph construction are presented and the graph parameters for the quantitative structural description of the astrocytes are discussed.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2006
• Where: BILDMED
• Authors: Ulf-Dietrich Braumann, Heike Franke, Jan Hengstler, Jens-Peer Kuska, Marco Weber
• Keywords: BILDMED 2006, BILDMED 2007, Quantitative Structural Description, Structural Description, Undirected Simple Graphs