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Authors: Herbert F. Jelinek and Audrey Karperien

Affiliation: School of Community Health, Charles Sturt University, Australia

Keyword(s): Microglia, L-systems grammar, modelling, pathology.

Related Ontology Subjects/Areas/Topics: Applications and Services ; Biomedical Engineering ; Biomedical Signal Processing ; Computer Vision, Visualization and Computer Graphics ; Medical Image Detection, Acquisition, Analysis and Processing ; Physiological Processes and Bio-Signal Modeling, Non-Linear Dynamics

Abstract: Medical image analysis requires in the first instance information on the extent of normal variation in a biological system in order to identify pathological changes. MicroMod is an L-systems based software package available through the World Wide Web that allows modelling of complex branching structures such as neurons and glia using deterministic or probabilistic algorithms. In addition, MicroMod includes software for assessing complex structures using methods such as fractal and lacunarity analysis. We demonstrated through fractal analysis of simulated microglia that MicroMod can be used for modelling and measuring different stages of microglial activation. The fractal dimensions of microglia visualised using histochemical techniques showed good agreement with our models made using MicroMod, and changes in complexity and heterogeneity as seen during activation and response to pathology were well emulated by modifying a few essential parameters (sub to parent branch length, sub to p arent branch diameter, and sub branch number). These results indicate that MicroMod provides a useful adjunct to neuroscience research into understanding complex changes in structure associated with normal function and disease processes. (More)

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F. Jelinek, H. and Karperien, A. (2008). MICROGLIA MODELLING AND ANALYSIS USING L-SYSTEMS GRAMMAR. In Proceedings of the First International Conference on Bio-inspired Systems and Signal Processing (BIOSTEC 2008) - Volume 2: BIOSIGNALS; ISBN 978-989-8111-18-0; ISSN 2184-4305, SciTePress, pages 289-294. DOI: 10.5220/0001059802890294

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JO - Proceedings of the First International Conference on Bio-inspired Systems and Signal Processing (BIOSTEC 2008) - Volume 2: BIOSIGNALS
TI - MICROGLIA MODELLING AND ANALYSIS USING L-SYSTEMS GRAMMAR
SN - 978-989-8111-18-0
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AU - Karperien, A.
PY - 2008
SP - 289
EP - 294
DO - 10.5220/0001059802890294
PB - SciTePress