To understand the dynamics of a living system, the analysis of particular and/or cellular dynamics has been performed based on shape-based center point detection. After collecting sequential time-lapse images of cellular dynamics, the trajectory of a moving object is determined from the set of center points of the cell analyzed from each image. The accuracy of trajectory is significant in understanding the stochastic nature of the dynamics of biological objects. In this study, to localize a cellular object in time-lapse images, three different localization methods, namely radial symmetry, circular Hough transform, and modified active contour, were considered. To analyze the accuracy of cellular dynamics, several statistical parameters such as mean square displacement and velocity autocorrelation function were employed, and localization error derived from these was reported for each localization method. In particular, through denoising using a Poisson noise filter, improved localization characteristics could be achieved. The modified active contour with denoising reduced localization error significantly, and thus allowed for accurate estimation of the statistical parameters of cellular dynamics.
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