SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC COLOR SEGMENTATION AND MINIMUM SIGNIFICANT RESPONSE FOR MEASUREMENT OF FRACTIONAL LOCALIZED INTENSITY OF CELLULAR COMPARTMENTS

摘要

A system, a method, and a programmed device for measurement of translocational activity among cellular compartments process magnified images of cellular material exposed to an agent by segmenting and compartmentalizing the images and then measuring fractional localized intensity of two or more components in the segmented, compartmentalized image. The measured fractional localized intensities are compared to determine translocation of cellular material among the measured components caused by the agent.