An image analysis toolbox for high-throughput C. elegans assays

Nat Methods. 2012 Apr 22;9(7):714-6. doi: 10.1038/nmeth.1984.

Abstract

We present a toolbox for high-throughput screening of image-based Caenorhabditis elegans phenotypes. The image analysis algorithms measure morphological phenotypes in individual worms and are effective for a variety of assays and imaging systems. This WormToolbox is available through the open-source CellProfiler project and enables objective scoring of whole-worm high-throughput image-based assays of C. elegans for the study of diverse biological pathways that are relevant to human disease.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms
  • Animals
  • Caenorhabditis elegans / cytology*
  • High-Throughput Screening Assays* / instrumentation
  • High-Throughput Screening Assays* / methods
  • Image Processing, Computer-Assisted* / instrumentation
  • Image Processing, Computer-Assisted* / methods
  • Microscopy, Fluorescence / instrumentation
  • Microscopy, Fluorescence / methods*
  • Pattern Recognition, Automated / methods*
  • Phenotype
  • Software