Segmentation of neuronal structures in EM stacks
- Ignacio Arganda-Carreras (Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA)
- Sebastian Seung (Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA)
- Albert Cardona (Institute of Neuroinformatics, Uni/ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
- Johannes Schindelin (University of Wisconsin, WI, USA)
Summary
In this challenge, a full stack of EM slices will be used to train machine learning algorithms for the purpose of automatic segmentation of neural structures. The images are representative of actual images in the real-world, containing some noise and small image alignment errors. None of these problems led to any difficulties in the manual labeling of each element in the image stack by an expert human neuroanatomist. The aim of the challenge is to compare and rank the different competing methods based on their pixel and object classification accuracy.
Important dates
- Deadline for submitting results: March 1st, 2012
- Notification of the evaluation: March 2nd, 2012
- Deadline for submitting abstracts: March 9th, 2012
- Notification of acceptance/presentation type: March 16th, 2012
Website
http://fiji.sc/Segmentation_of_neuronal_structures_in_EM_stacks_challenge_-_ISBI_2012