Skeletonization Algorithm
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Dissection and Flat-mounting of the Threespine Stickleback Branchial Skeleton
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2016
The branchial skeleton, including gill rakers, pharyngeal teeth, and branchial bones, serves as the primary site of food processing in most fish. Here we describe a protocol to dissect and flat-mount this internal skeleton in threespine sticklebacks. This method is also applicable to a variety of other fish species.
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Carbon Skeletons
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2026
Life on Earth is carbon-based, as all macromolecules that make up living organisms contain carbon atoms. All organic compounds have a carbon backbone. Each carbon atom is tetravalent and can bond with four other atoms, making it an extraordinarily flexible component of biological molecules. Because carbon’s valence electrons are stable, it rarely becomes an ion. As the carbon chain increases in length, structural modifications such as ring structures, double bonds, and branching side chains...
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Two Algorithms for High-throughput and Multi-parametric Quantification of Drosophila Neuromuscular Junction Morphology
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2017
Two image analysis algorithms, "Drosophila NMJ Morphometrics" and "Drosophila NMJ Bouton Morphometrics" were created, to automatically quantify nine morphological features of the Drosophila neuromuscular junction (NMJ).
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Measuring Properties of the Membrane Periodic Skeleton of the Axon Initial Segment using 3D-Structured Illumination Microscopy (3D-SIM)
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2022
The present protocol describes a method to visualize and measure actin rings and other components of the membrane periodic skeleton of the axon initial segment using cultured rat hippocampal neurons and 3D-structured illumination microscopy (3D-SIM).
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Skeleton and Calcium Homeostasis
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2023
Calcium is not only the most abundant mineral in bone but also the most abundant mineral in the human body. Calcium ions are needed for bone mineralization, tooth health, heart rate regulation and strength of contraction, blood coagulation, the contraction of smooth and skeletal muscle cells, and the regulation of nerve impulse conduction. The average calcium level in the blood is about 10 mg/dL. When the body cannot maintain this level, a person will experience hypo or hypercalcemia.
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The algorithm protects topology by removing boundary pixels or voxels only while essential structural relationships remain intact. Connected components stay linked, endpoints remain identifiable, and branch points are retained as the boundary is progressively pared away. This preservation lets the final representation support geometric measurements without losing the organization encoded by the original binary shape.
Endpoints and branch points provide structural landmarks for interpreting a thinned form. Endpoints indicate where a modeled feature terminates, while branch points identify locations where pathways or protrusions divide. Retaining both allows measurements to reflect branching geometry rather than merely recording the amount of image information, which is especially relevant for networks and branching tissues.
Reducing a shape to its medial structure decreases the number of pixels or voxels that must be analyzed while retaining essential geometry. This compact representation makes complex forms easier to measure and compare, because analysis can focus on the arrangement of connected paths, endpoints, and branches instead of every element in the original binary shape.
A practical workflow begins with a binary image or volume that contains the shape of interest. The algorithm then repeatedly removes boundary pixels or voxels while preserving connectedness, endpoints, and essential branch points. The resulting skeleton can be examined as a reduced set of elements, allowing researchers to quantify geometry in complex forms.
In developmental biology, Skeletonization Algorithm can be applied to microscopy images of branching tissues, cell protrusions, and vascular networks. Researchers can compare skeleton-derived measurements across developmental stages or experimental conditions, using changes in branching geometry and organization to study growth, pattern formation, and tissue organization. The method therefore connects image structure with developmental change.
The method is useful when a developmental structure changes in ways that are difficult to summarize from the original image alone. Skeleton-based analysis can expose differences in branching tissues, protrusions, or vascular networks and support comparisons of how those structures are organized over time or between conditions. Outcomes can therefore include quantitative descriptions of growth and pattern formation.