Extended morphometric analysis of neuronal cells with Minkowski valuations
Abstract
Minkowski valuations provide a systematic framework for quantifying different aspects of morphology. In this paper we apply vector- and tensor-valued Minkowski valuations to neuronal cells from the cat's retina in order to describe their morphological structure in a comprehensive way. We introduce the framework of Minkowski valuations, discuss their implementation for neuronal cells and show how they can be used to characterize cells of different morphological categories. We also provide a comparison to a Sholl analysis.
- Publication:
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European Physical Journal B
- Pub Date:
- August 2006
- DOI:
- 10.1140/epjb/e2006-00328-1
- arXiv:
- arXiv:cond-mat/0507648
- Bibcode:
- 2006EPJB...52..531B
- Keywords:
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- 07.05.Kf Data analysis: algorithms and implementation; data management;
- 87.19.La Neuroscience;
- 02.40.Ft Convex sets and geometric inequalities;
- 07.05.Kf;
- 87.19.La;
- 02.40.Ft;
- Data analysis: algorithms and implementation;
- data management;
- Neuroscience;
- Convex sets and geometric inequalities;
- Condensed Matter - Disordered Systems and Neural Networks;
- Quantitative Biology - Quantitative Methods
- E-Print:
- 14 pages, 18 postscript figures