Brain Informatics (Apr 2017)

Fast assembling of neuron fragments in serial 3D sections

  • Hanbo Chen,
  • Daniel Maxim Iascone,
  • Nuno Maçarico da Costa,
  • Ed S. Lein,
  • Tianming Liu,
  • Hanchuan Peng

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40708-017-0063-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 3
pp. 183 – 186

Abstract

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Abstract Reconstructing neurons from 3D image-stacks of serial sections of thick brain tissue is very time-consuming and often becomes a bottleneck in high-throughput brain mapping projects. We developed NeuronStitcher, a software suite for stitching non-overlapping neuron fragments reconstructed in serial 3D image sections. With its efficient algorithm and user-friendly interface, NeuronStitcher has been used successfully to reconstruct very large and complex human and mouse neurons.

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