Two-photon calcium imaging sequence Analysis Pipeline : a method for analyzing neuronal network activity

Thesis: M. Eng., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2018.

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Autor principal: Khouri, Raoul-Emil Roger
Otros Autores: Una-May O'Reilly and Erik Hemberg.
Formato: Tesis
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2018
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/119748
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spelling mit-1721.1/1197482019-04-12T22:33:54Z Two-photon calcium imaging sequence Analysis Pipeline : a method for analyzing neuronal network activity 2-photon calcium imaging sequence Analysis Pipeline : a method for analyzing neuronal network activity Method for analyzing neuronal network activity Khouri, Raoul-Emil Roger Una-May O'Reilly and Erik Hemberg. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Thesis: M. Eng., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2018. This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections. Cataloged from student-submitted PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (page 73). Investigating the development of neuronal networks can help us to identify new therapies and treatments for conditions that affect the brain, such as autism and Alzheimer's disease. Two-photon calcium imaging has been a powerful tool for the investigation of the development of neuronal networks. However, one of the major challenges of working with two-photon calcium images is processing the large data sets, which often requires manual analysis by a skilled researcher. Here, we introduce a machine learning (ML) pipeline for the analysis of two-photon calcium image sequences. This semi-autonomous ML pipeline includes proposed methods for automatically identifying neurons, signal extraction, signal processing, event detection, feature extraction, and analysis. We run our ML pipeline on a dataset of two-photon calcium image sequences extracted by our team. This dataset includes two-photon calcium image sequences of spontaneous network activity from primary cortical cultures of Mecp2-deficient and wild-type mice. Loss-of-function mutation in the MECP2 gene, causes 95% of Rett syndrome cases and some cases of autism. We evaluate our ML pipeline using this dataset. Our ML pipeline reduces the time required to analyze two-photon calcium images from over 10 minutes to about 30 seconds per sample. Our goal is to accelerate the analysis of neuronal network function to aid in our understanding of neurological disorders and the identification of novel therapeutic targets. by Raoul-Emil Roger Khouri. M. Eng. 2018-12-18T19:48:22Z 2018-12-18T19:48:22Z 2018 2018 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/119748 1078691061 eng MIT theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed, downloaded, or printed from this source but further reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 73 pages application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Two-photon calcium imaging sequence Analysis Pipeline : a method for analyzing neuronal network activity
title Two-photon calcium imaging sequence Analysis Pipeline : a method for analyzing neuronal network activity
title_full Two-photon calcium imaging sequence Analysis Pipeline : a method for analyzing neuronal network activity
title_fullStr Two-photon calcium imaging sequence Analysis Pipeline : a method for analyzing neuronal network activity
title_full_unstemmed Two-photon calcium imaging sequence Analysis Pipeline : a method for analyzing neuronal network activity
title_short Two-photon calcium imaging sequence Analysis Pipeline : a method for analyzing neuronal network activity
title_sort two photon calcium imaging sequence analysis pipeline a method for analyzing neuronal network activity
topic Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
url http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/119748
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