Multilevel Space-Time Aggregation for Bright Field Cell Microscopy Segmentation and Tracking

Figure 1

Bright field microscope image with approximately two dozen cells on a grey background. Some interior structure can be discerned in cells (including the cell membrane, the dark grey cytoplasm, and the lighter cell nucleus with dark nucleoli inside). Cells that are close to division appear as bright, nearly circular shapes. Some cells are touching, and some cell parts overlap. Our goal is to obtain separate segments for each cell in the image.