Computer Vision Interest Group Seminar: Guest Speaker, Carsen Stringer, Janelia Lab

Thursday Jan 13, 2022, 11:00 AM → 12:30 PM America/New_York

Virtual/--Flatiron Institute (162 5th Avenue)

Speaker:  Carsen Stringer, Janelia Lab 

Topic: Cellpose and Suite2p: Anatomical and Functional Algorithms for Cellular Segmentation 

Many biological applications require the segmentation of cell bodies, membranes and nuclei from microscopy images. We therefore developed a generalist, deep learning-based segmentation algorithm called Cellpose, which can very precisely segment a wide range of image types out-of-the-box and does not require model retraining or parameter adjustments. Additionally, many scientists acquire functional imaging data of neural activity. We developed Suite2p, a functional segmentation algorithm, that performs well on a variety of functional imaging data. We will cover how each of these segmentation algorithms work, and the various circumstances where each algorithm performs well.

Organizer: Lisa Brown