Zigzag persistent homology for processing neuronal images

摘要

We apply the ideas of zigzag persistence to determine the objects of interest in stacks of neuronal images, locating and marking different dendrites. In particular, this allows us to recognize some 3D properties of the objects, distinguishing dendrites that cross, but not intersect, in the ambient space. The algorithms are implemented in a Fiji/Imagej plugin, usable on two different kinds of images. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.