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author Cabini, Raffaella Fiamma
Barkauskas, Deborah
Chen, Guangyu
Cheng, Zhi-Qi
Cicchetti, David E
Drazba, Judith
Fernandez-Gonzalez, Rodrigo
Hawkins, Raymond
Hu, Yujia
Kini, Jyoti
LeWarne, Charles
Lin, Xufeng
Nakkina, Sai Preethi
Peterson, John W
Schreurs, Koert
Singh, Ayushi
Viswanathan, Kumaran Bala Kandan
Wortel, Inge MN
Zhang, Sanjian
Krause, Rolf
Gonzalez, Santiago Fernandez
Pizzagalli, Diego Ulisse
author_facet Cabini, Raffaella Fiamma
Barkauskas, Deborah
Chen, Guangyu
Cheng, Zhi-Qi
Cicchetti, David E
Drazba, Judith
Fernandez-Gonzalez, Rodrigo
Hawkins, Raymond
Hu, Yujia
Kini, Jyoti
LeWarne, Charles
Lin, Xufeng
Nakkina, Sai Preethi
Peterson, John W
Schreurs, Koert
Singh, Ayushi
Viswanathan, Kumaran Bala Kandan
Wortel, Inge MN
Zhang, Sanjian
Krause, Rolf
Gonzalez, Santiago Fernandez
Pizzagalli, Diego Ulisse
contents The classification of microscopy videos capturing complex cellular behaviors is crucial for understanding and quantifying the dynamics of biological processes over time. However, it remains a frontier in computer vision, requiring approaches that effectively model the shape and motion of objects without rigid boundaries, extract hierarchical spatiotemporal features from entire image sequences rather than static frames, and account for multiple objects within the field of view. To this end, we organized the Cell Behavior Video Classification Challenge (CBVCC), benchmarking 35 methods based on three approaches: classification of tracking-derived features, end-to-end deep learning architectures to directly learn spatiotemporal features from the entire video sequence without explicit cell tracking, or ensembling tracking-derived with image-derived features. We discuss the results achieved by the participants and compare the potential and limitations of each approach, serving as a basis to foster the development of computer vision methods for studying cellular dynamics.
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spellingShingle Cell Behavior Video Classification Challenge, a benchmark for computer vision methods in time-lapse microscopy
Cabini, Raffaella Fiamma
Barkauskas, Deborah
Chen, Guangyu
Cheng, Zhi-Qi
Cicchetti, David E
Drazba, Judith
Fernandez-Gonzalez, Rodrigo
Hawkins, Raymond
Hu, Yujia
Kini, Jyoti
LeWarne, Charles
Lin, Xufeng
Nakkina, Sai Preethi
Peterson, John W
Schreurs, Koert
Singh, Ayushi
Viswanathan, Kumaran Bala Kandan
Wortel, Inge MN
Zhang, Sanjian
Krause, Rolf
Gonzalez, Santiago Fernandez
Pizzagalli, Diego Ulisse
Image and Video Processing
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Quantitative Methods
The classification of microscopy videos capturing complex cellular behaviors is crucial for understanding and quantifying the dynamics of biological processes over time. However, it remains a frontier in computer vision, requiring approaches that effectively model the shape and motion of objects without rigid boundaries, extract hierarchical spatiotemporal features from entire image sequences rather than static frames, and account for multiple objects within the field of view. To this end, we organized the Cell Behavior Video Classification Challenge (CBVCC), benchmarking 35 methods based on three approaches: classification of tracking-derived features, end-to-end deep learning architectures to directly learn spatiotemporal features from the entire video sequence without explicit cell tracking, or ensembling tracking-derived with image-derived features. We discuss the results achieved by the participants and compare the potential and limitations of each approach, serving as a basis to foster the development of computer vision methods for studying cellular dynamics.
title Cell Behavior Video Classification Challenge, a benchmark for computer vision methods in time-lapse microscopy
topic Image and Video Processing
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Quantitative Methods
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.10250