Detection and identification of macromolecular complexes in cryo-electron tomograms using support vector machines

Yuxiang Chen, Thomas Hrabe, Stefan Pfeffer, Olivier Pauly, Diana Mateus, Nassir Navab, Friedrich Förster

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Abstract

Detection and identification of macromolecular complexes in cryo-electron tomograms is challenging due to the extremely low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). While the state-of-the-art method is template matching with a single template, we propose a 3-step supervised learning approach: (i) pre-detection of candidates, (ii) feature calculation, and (iii) final decision using a support vector machine (SVM). We use two types of features for SVM: (i) correlation coefficients from multiple templates, and (ii) rotation invariant features derived from spherical harmonics. Experiments conducted on both simulated and experimental tomograms show that our approach outperforms the state-of-the-art method.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2012 9th IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging
Subtitle of host publicationFrom Nano to Macro, ISBI 2012 - Proceedings
Pages1373-1376
Number of pages4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012
Event2012 9th IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro, ISBI 2012 - Barcelona, Spain
Duration: 2 May 20125 May 2012

Publication series

NameProceedings - International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging
ISSN (Print)1945-7928
ISSN (Electronic)1945-8452

Conference

Conference2012 9th IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro, ISBI 2012
Country/TerritorySpain
CityBarcelona
Period2/05/125/05/12

Keywords

  • Cryo-electron tomography
  • spherical harmonics
  • support vector machines
  • template matching

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