tracking tubular structures

[Bickle Marc]

Hi,

I would like to track mitochondria in live cells. They often form  
tubular structures that may or may not be attached to the main body of  
the mitochondria mesh. The idea would be to segment the tubes and  
determine points every 5-10 pixels along the axis and track the  
points. Points may disappear over time as the mitochondrion shrinks,  
fuses or splits, but this is less crucial, as these events are rare  
and the movies will be short (it's a screen of several thousand  
compounds and siRNAs). Does anyone know of an implementation of such a  
tracking algorithm with imageJ?
Thanks,
Marc



Marc Bickle, PhD
Head HT-Technology Development Studio
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics
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