Video Bioinformatics ― From Live Imaging to Knowledge

This unique text presents a selection of innovative computational techniques to enable the efficient analysis of biological processes in large video sequences and databases. Features: provides a detailed introduction to the field of video bioinformatics; examines the analysis and visualization of injured brain tissue in rodent models, using magnetic resonance imaging and optical coherence tomography; discusses segmentation of stem cell colonies and analysis of individual stem cells; describes the application of commercially available software to solve problems in video bioinformatics related to stem cell behavior in vitro; reviews video bioinformatics problems in plant and fungus biology; presents a high throughput method for quantifying DNA damage in cells, and a method that uses optogenetics to regulate protein transport in cultured cells; surveys the various software tools and databases available for use with video bioinformatics problems.

Dr. Bir Bhanu is a Distinguished Professor and the Director of the Center for Research in Intelligent Systems at the University of California at Riverside, USA. His other Springer publications include the titlesDistributed Video Sensor Networks, Human Recognition at a Distance in Video, andHuman Ear Recognition by Computer.

Dr. Prue Talbot is a Professor of Cell Biology and the Director of the Stem Cell Center and Core Facility at the University of California at Riverside, USA. She is also the Director of the Inland Empire Stem Cell Consortium.