Visualizing and clustering high throughput sub-cellular localization imaging

Background: The expansion of automatic imaging technologies has created a need to be able to efficiently compare and review large sets of image data. To enable comparisons of image data between samples we need to define the normal variation within distinct images of the same sample. Even with tightly controlled experimental conditions, protein expression can vary widely between cells, and because of the difficulty in viewing and comparing large image sets this might not be observed. Here we introduce a novel methodology, iCluster, for visualizing, clustering and comparing large sub-cellular localization image sets. For each member of an image set, iCluster generates statistics that have been found to be useful in distinguishing sub-cellular localization. The statistics are mapped into two or three dimensions such as to preserve distances between the statistics vectors. The complete image set is then visualized in two or three dimensions using the coordinates so determined. The result ...

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2008
• Where: BMCBI
• Authors: Nicholas A. Hamilton, Rohan D. Teasdale
• Keywords: BMCBI 2008, Image Data, Images, Sub-cellular Localizations