Computer vision in cell biology

Gaudenz Danuser

doi:10.1016/j.cell.2011.11.001

Computer vision in cell biology

Gaudenz Danuser

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Computer vision refers to the theory and implementation of artificial systems that extract information from images to understand their content. Although computers are widely used by cell biologists for visualization and measurement, interpretation of image content, i.e., the selection of events worth observing and the definition of what they mean in terms of cellular mechanisms, is mostly left to human intuition. This Essay attempts to outline roles computer vision may play and should play in image-based studies of cellular life.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	973-978
Number of pages	6
Journal	Cell
Volume	147
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2011.11.001
State	Published - Nov 23 2011

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General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

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