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Horizontal Whole Mount: A Novel Processing and Imaging Protocol for Thick, Three-dimensional Tissue Cross-sections of Skin
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2017
This work presents a novel processing and imaging protocol for thick, three-dimensional tissue cross-section analysis that enables the full exploitation of confocal imaging modalities. This protocol preserves antigenicity and represents a robust system to analyze skin histology and potentially other tissue types.
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EasyFiji: A Graphical Interface for User-Friendly Fluorescence Image Processing in Fiji
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2026
EasyFiji is a graphical user interface plugin for Fiji (ImageJ) that provides a curated suite of fluorescence image visualization and processing tools frequently utilized by life scientists.
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Image Processing Protocol for the Analysis of the Diffusion and Cluster Size of Membrane Receptors by Fluorescence Microscopy
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2019
Here, we present a protocol for single particle tracking image analysis that allows quantitative evaluation of diffusion coefficients, types of motion and cluster sizes of single particles detected by fluorescence microscopy.
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An Electrophysiology Protocol to Measure Reward Anticipation and Processing in Children
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2018
This protocol is designed to measure reward anticipation and processing in young children with and without autism. Specifically, the protocol is designed to study the neural correlates of reward during social and nonsocial conditions while controlling for reward between conditions.
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Experimental Assessment of Mouse Sociability Using an Automated Image Processing Approach
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2016
This protocol describes a method to quantify mouse sociability. Mice are videotaped as they move and interact in a special cage. Movie processing allows for the automated quantification of sociability with excellent accuracy and reliability.
FAQs
Background correction removes signal contributions not associated with the feature of interest, while noise reduction suppresses variation that could obscure it. These steps require documented parameters because overly aggressive processing can alter measured intensity, position, shape, or motion. The resulting data become easier to interpret and compare across images, instruments, and experimental conditions.
Contrast enhancement makes relevant visual features more distinguishable, but it should not substitute for calibration or background correction. In a documented workflow, enhancement is interpreted alongside the original acquisition and processing parameters. This separation helps users distinguish improved visibility from a genuine change in physical signal and prevents visual presentation from being mistaken for measurement.
Geometric calibration establishes how image locations correspond to physical positions, whereas segmentation identifies the pixels or regions assigned to a feature. Used together, they support measurements of position and shape in calibrated units rather than only image coordinates. This combination is important when image-derived features must be compared across instruments or evaluated against a physical model.
Record the image acquisition, then specify background correction, noise reduction, contrast treatment, geometric calibration, segmentation, and the final measurements. The protocol should also identify processing parameters and validation against known standards. Such documentation makes the path from raw image to quantified intensity, position, shape, or motion traceable and supports repeat experiments.
It can be applied to microscopy, spectroscopy, imaging detectors, and other experimental measurements that produce images. The workflow helps isolate physical signals, quantify spatial features, or follow dynamic phenomena. Its value depends on matching the processing steps to the measurement goal, so the output remains interpretable rather than serving only as a visually improved image.
Researchers validate the workflow against known standards and retain the parameters used at each stage. They can then assess whether measured intensity, position, shape, or motion remains comparable across instruments and studies. In physics, this supports testing theoretical models because discrepancies can be considered alongside the documented measurement and image-processing chain.