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\itemau{Nekouzadeh, Ali; Genin, Guy M.}
\itemti{Quantification of fibre polymerization through Fourier space image analysis.}
\itemso{Proc. R. Soc. Lond., Ser. A, Math. Phys. Eng. Sci. 467, No. 2132, 2310-2329 (2011).}
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Summary: Quantification of changes in the total length of randomly oriented and possibly curved lines appearing in an image is a necessity in a wide variety of biological applications. Here, we present an automated approach based upon Fourier space analysis. Scaled, band-pass filtered power spectral densities of greyscale images are integrated to provide a quantitative measurement of the total length of lines of a particular range of thicknesses appearing in an image. A procedure is presented to correct for changes in image intensity. The method is most accurate for two-dimensional processes with fibres that do not occlude one another.
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\itemut{fibre length measurement; cellular mechanics; automated image processing}
\itemli{doi:10.1098/rspa.2010.0623}
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