TY - JOUR A1 - Pöthkow, Kai A1 - Petz, Christoph A1 - Hege, Hans-Christian T1 - Approximate Level-Crossing Probabilities for Interactive Visualization of Uncertain Isocontours JF - International Journal for Uncertainty Quantification Y1 - 2013 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1615/Int.J.UncertaintyQuantification.2012003958 VL - 3 IS - 2 SP - 101 EP - 117 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Homberg, Ulrike A1 - Baum, Daniel A1 - Wiebel, Alexander A1 - Prohaska, Steffen A1 - Hege, Hans-Christian ED - Bremer, Peer-Timo ED - Hotz, Ingrid ED - Pascucci, Valerio ED - Peikert, Ronald T1 - Definition, Extraction, and Validation of Pore Structures in Porous Materials BT - Theory, Algorithms, and Applications T2 - Topological Methods in Data Analysis and Visualization III Y1 - 2014 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04099-8_15 SP - 235 EP - 248 PB - Springer ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Klindt, Marco A1 - Prohaska, Steffen A1 - Baum, Daniel A1 - Hege, Hans-Christian ED - Arnold, David ED - Kaminski, Jaime ED - Niccolucci, Franco ED - Stork, Andre T1 - Conveying Archaeological Contexts to Museum Visitors: Case Study Pergamon Exhibition T2 - VAST12: The 13th International Symposium on Virtual Reality, Archaeology and Intelligent Cultural Heritage - Short Papers Y1 - 2012 UR - http://diglib.eg.org/EG/DL/PE/VAST/VAST12S/025-028.pdf U6 - https://doi.org/10.2312/PE/VAST/VAST12S/025-028 SP - 25 EP - 28 PB - Eurographics Association CY - Brighton, UK ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Klindt, Marco A1 - Baum, Daniel A1 - Prohaska, Steffen A1 - Hege, Hans-Christian T1 - iCon.text – a customizable iPad app for kiosk applications in museum exhibitions T2 - EVA 2012 Berlin Y1 - 2012 SP - 150 EP - 155 PB - Gesellschaft zur Förderung angewandter Informatik e.V. CY - Volmerstraße 3, 12489 Berlin ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Lindow, Norbert A1 - Baum, Daniel A1 - Bondar, Ana-Nicoleta A1 - Hege, Hans-Christian T1 - Exploring cavity dynamics in biomolecular systems JF - BMC Bioinformatics Y1 - 2013 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2105-14-S19-S5 VL - 14 ET - (Suppl 19):S5 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kratz, Andrea A1 - Baum, Daniel A1 - Hotz, Ingrid T1 - Anisotropic Sampling of Planar and Two-Manifold Domains for Texture Generation and Glyph Distribution JF - Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG) Y1 - 2013 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/TVCG.2013.83 VL - 19 SP - 1782 EP - 1794 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Lindow, Norbert A1 - Baum, Daniel A1 - Hege, Hans-Christian T1 - Voronoi-Based Extraction and Visualization of Molecular Paths JF - IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics Y1 - 2011 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/TVCG.2011.259 VL - 17 IS - 12 SP - 2025 EP - 2034 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kleinfeld, David A1 - Bharioke, Arjun A1 - Blinder, Pablo A1 - Bock, David A1 - Briggman, Kevin A1 - Chklovskii, Dmitri A1 - Denk, Winfried A1 - Helmstaedter, Moritz A1 - Kaufhold, John A1 - Lee, Wei-Chung A1 - Meyer, Hanno A1 - Micheva, Kristina A1 - Oberlaender, Marcel A1 - Prohaska, Steffen A1 - Reid, R. A1 - Smith, Stephen A1 - Takemura, Shinya A1 - Tsai, Philbert A1 - Sakmann, Bert T1 - Large-scale automated histology in the pursuit of connectomes JF - Journal of Neuroscience Y1 - 2011 UR - http://www.zib.de/prohaska/docs/Kleinfeld_JNS_Connectomes_2011.pdf U6 - https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4077-11.2011 VL - 31 IS - 45 SP - 16125 EP - 16138 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Rigort, Alexander A1 - Günther, David A1 - Hegerl, Reiner A1 - Baum, Daniel A1 - Weber, Britta A1 - Prohaska, Steffen A1 - Medalia, Ohad A1 - Baumeister, Wolfgang A1 - Hege, Hans-Christian T1 - Automated segmentation of electron tomograms for a quantitative description of actin filament networks JF - Journal of Structural Biology Y1 - 2012 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsb.2011.08.012 VL - 177 SP - 135 EP - 144 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Petz, Christoph A1 - Oberleithner, Kilian A1 - Sieber, Moritz A1 - Nayeri, Christian A1 - Paschereit, Oliver A1 - Wygnanski, Israel A1 - Noack, Bernd A1 - Hege, Hans-Christian T1 - Global Modes in a Swirling Jet Undergoing Vortex Breakdown JF - Physics of Fluids Y1 - 2011 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3640007 VL - 23 SP - 091102 PB - Awarded Visualization; First Prize at 28th Annual Gallery of Fluid Motion exhibit, held at the 63th Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics (Long Beach, CA, USA, November 21-23, 2010). ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Lindow, Norbert A1 - Baum, Daniel A1 - Hege, Hans-Christian T1 - Interactive Rendering of Materials and Biological Structures on Atomic and Nanoscopic Scale JF - Computer Graphics Forum Y1 - 2012 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8659.2012.03128.x target VL - 31 IS - 3 SP - 1325 EP - 1334 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Petz, Christoph A1 - Pöthkow, Kai A1 - Hege, Hans-Christian T1 - Probabilistic Local Features in Uncertain Vector Fields with Spatial Correlation JF - Computer Graphics Forum Y1 - 2012 VL - 31 IS - 3 SP - 1045 EP - 1054 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Goubergrits, Leonid A1 - Schaller, Jens A1 - Kertzscher, Ulrich A1 - van den Bruck, Nils A1 - Pöthkow, Kai A1 - Petz, Christoph A1 - Hege, Hans-Christian A1 - Spuler, Andreas T1 - Statistical wall shear stress maps of ruptured and unruptured middle cerebral artery aneurysms JF - J. R. Soc. Interface Y1 - 2012 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2011.0490 VL - 9 IS - 69 SP - 677 EP - 688 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Homberg, Ulrike A1 - Baum, Daniel A1 - Prohaska, Steffen A1 - Kalbe, Ute A1 - Witt, Karl Josef T1 - Automatic Extraction and Analysis of Realistic Pore Structures from µCT Data for Pore Space Characterization of Graded Soil T2 - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Scour and Erosion (ICSE-6) Y1 - 2012 SP - 345 EP - 352 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Weber, Britta A1 - Greenan, Garrett A1 - Prohaska, Steffen A1 - Baum, Daniel A1 - Hege, Hans-Christian A1 - Müller-Reichert, Thomas A1 - Hyman, Anthony A1 - Verbavatz, Jean-Marc T1 - Automated tracing of microtubules in electron tomograms of plastic embedded samples of Caenorhabditis elegans embryos JF - Journal of Structural Biology Y1 - 2012 UR - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1047847711003509 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsb.2011.12.004 VL - 178 IS - 2 SP - 129 EP - 138 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Torsney-Weir, Thomas A1 - Saad, Ahmed A1 - Möller, Torsten A1 - Hege, Hans-Christian A1 - Weber, Britta A1 - Verbavatz, Jean-Marc T1 - Tuner: Principled Parameter Finding for Image Segmentation Algorithms Using Visual Response Surface Exploration JF - IEEE Trans. Vis. Comput. Graph. Y1 - 2011 VL - 17 IS - 12 SP - 1892 EP - 1901 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Ehrig, Karsten A1 - Goebbels, Jürgen A1 - Meinel, Dietmar A1 - Paetsch, Olaf A1 - Prohaska, Steffen A1 - Zobel, Valentin T1 - Comparison of Crack Detection Methods for Analyzing Damage Processes in Concrete with Computed Tomography T2 - International Symposium on Digital Industrial Radiology and Computed Tomography Y1 - 2011 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Oberleithner, Kilian A1 - Sieber, Moritz A1 - Nayeri, Christian A1 - Paschereit, Christian A1 - Petz, Christoph A1 - Hege, Hans-Christian A1 - Noack, Bernd A1 - Wygnanski, Israel T1 - Self Excited Oscillations in Swirling Jets: Stability Analysis and Empirical Mode Construction JF - Bulletin of the American Physical Society Y1 - 2010 UR - http://meetings.aps.org/link/BAPS.2010.DFD.GE.8 N1 - 63rd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, November 21-23, 2010, Long Beach, CA VL - 55 IS - 16 SP - GE.00008 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Binner, Richard A1 - Homberg, Ulrike A1 - Prohaska, Steffen A1 - Kalbe, Ute A1 - Witt, Karl Josef T1 - Identification of Descriptive Parameters of the Soil Pore Structure using Experiments and CT Data T2 - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Scour and Erosion (ICSE-5) Y1 - 2010 SP - 397 EP - 407 PB - American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Günther, David A1 - McGuire, Patrick C. A1 - Walter, Sebastian A1 - Weinkauf, Tino A1 - Hege, Hans-Christian T1 - Extraction of Valley Networks in Mars Elevation Maps T2 - Proc. European Planetary Science Congress Y1 - 2010 VL - 5 SP - EPSC2010 EP - 216 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Lindow, Norbert A1 - Baum, Daniel A1 - Prohaska, Steffen A1 - Hege, Hans-Christian T1 - Accelerated Visualization of Dynamic Molecular Surfaces JF - Comput. Graph. Forum Y1 - 2010 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8659.2009.01693.x VL - 29 SP - 943 EP - 952 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Reininghaus, Jan A1 - Günther, David A1 - Hotz, Ingrid A1 - Prohaska, Steffen A1 - Hege, Hans-Christian T1 - TADD: A Computational Framework for Data Analysis Using Discrete Morse Theory T2 - Mathematical Software - ICMS 2010 Y1 - 2010 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-15582-6_35 VL - 6327 SP - 198 EP - 208 PB - Springer ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kuß, Anja A1 - Gensel, Maria A1 - Meyer, Björn A1 - Dercksen, Vincent J. A1 - Prohaska, Steffen T1 - Effective Techniques to Visualize Filament-Surface Relationships JF - Comput. Graph. Forum Y1 - 2010 VL - 29 SP - 1003 EP - 1012 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Pöthkow, Kai A1 - Weber, Britta A1 - Hege, Hans-Christian T1 - Probabilistic Marching Cubes JF - Computer Graphics Forum Y1 - 2011 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8659.2011.01942.x VL - 30 IS - 3 SP - 931 EP - 940 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Oberleithner, Kilian A1 - Sieber, Moritz A1 - Nayeri, Christian A1 - Paschereit, Christian A1 - Petz, Christoph A1 - Hege, Hans-Christian A1 - Noack, Bernd A1 - J. Wygnanski, Israel T1 - Three-dimensional Coherent Structures of the Swirling Jet Undergoing Vortex breakdown: Stability Analysis and Empirical Mode Construction JF - J. Fluid Mech. Y1 - 2011 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2011.141 VL - 679 SP - 383 EP - 414 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Günther, David A1 - Reininghaus, Jan A1 - Prohaska, Steffen A1 - Weinkauf, Tino A1 - Hege, Hans-Christian ED - Peikert, Ronny ED - Hauser, Helwig ED - Carr, Hamish T1 - Efficient Computation of a Hierarchy of Discrete 3D Gradient Vector Fields T2 - Topological Methods in Data Analysis and Visualization II Y1 - 2012 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23175-9_2 SP - 15 EP - 29 PB - Springer ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Homberg, Ulrike A1 - Baum, Daniel A1 - Prohaska, Steffen ED - Mücklich, Frank ED - Slussallek, Philipp ED - Schladitz, Katja T1 - Describing and Analyzing the Dual Structures of Porous Media T2 - Proc. 3D-Microstructure Meeting Y1 - 2011 SP - 24 EP - 25 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Weber, Britta A1 - Möller, Marit A1 - Verbavatz, Jean-Marc A1 - Baum, Daniel A1 - Hege, Hans-Christian A1 - Prohaska, Steffen T1 - Fast Tracing of Microtubule Centerlines in Electron Tomograms T2 - BioVis 2011 Abstracts, 1st IEEE Symposium on Biological Data Visualization Y1 - 2011 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Clasen, Malte A1 - Prohaska, Steffen T1 - Image-Error-Based Level of Detail for Landscape Visualization T2 - Proc. VMV 2010 Y1 - 2010 SP - 267 EP - 274 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kasten, Jens A1 - Petz, Christoph A1 - Hotz, Ingrid A1 - Hege, Hans-Christian A1 - Noack, Bernd A1 - Tadmor, Gilead T1 - Lagrangian Feature Extraction of the Cylinder Wake JF - Physics of Fluids Y1 - 2010 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3483220 VL - 22 IS - 9 SP - 091108 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ziegler, Alexander A1 - Ogurreck, Malte A1 - Steinke, Thomas A1 - Beckmann, Felix A1 - Prohaska, Steffen A1 - Ziegler, Andreas T1 - Opportunities and challenges for digital morphology JF - Biology Direct Y1 - 2010 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6150-5-45 VL - 5 IS - 1 SP - 45 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Lindow, Norbert A1 - Baum, Daniel A1 - Bondar, Ana-Nicoleta A1 - Hege, Hans-Christian T1 - Dynamic Channels in Biomolecular Systems: Path Analysis and Visualization T2 - Proceedings of IEEE Symposium on Biological Data Visualization (biovis’12) Y1 - 2012 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/BioVis.2012.6378599 SP - 99 EP - 106 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Pöthkow, Kai A1 - Hege, Hans-Christian ED - Laidlaw, David ED - Vilanova, Anna T1 - Uncertainty Propagation in DT-MRI Anisotropy Isosurface Extraction T2 - New Developments in the Visualization and Processing of Tensor Fields Y1 - 2012 SP - 209 EP - 225 PB - Springer CY - Berlin ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Lindow, Norbert A1 - Baum, Daniel A1 - Hege, Hans-Christian T1 - Perceptually Linear Parameter Variations JF - Computer Graphics Forum Y1 - 2012 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8659.2012.03054.x target VL - 31 IS - 2 SP - 535 EP - 544 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Goubergrits, Leonid A1 - Weber, Sarah A1 - Petz, Christoph A1 - Spuler, Andreas A1 - Pöthke, Jens A1 - Berthe, André A1 - Hege, Hans-Christian T1 - Wall-PIV as a Near Wall Flow Validation Tool for CFD JF - Journal of Visualization Y1 - 2009 VL - 12 IS - 3 SP - 241 EP - 250 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Goubergrits, Leonid A1 - Wellnhofer, Ernst A1 - Kertzscher, Ulrich A1 - Affeld, Klaus A1 - Petz, Christoph A1 - Hege, Hans-Christian T1 - Coronary Artery WSS Profiling Using a Geometry Reconstruction Based on Biplane Angiography JF - Annals of Biomedical Engineering Y1 - 2009 U6 - https://doi.org/s10439-009-9656-7 VL - 37 IS - 4 SP - 682 EP - 691 PB - Springer ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Homberg, Ulrike A1 - Binner, Richard A1 - Prohaska, Steffen A1 - Dercksen, Vincent J. A1 - Kuß, Anja A1 - Kalbe, Ute T1 - Determining Geometric Grain Structure from X-Ray Micro-Tomograms of Gradated Soil T2 - Workshop Internal Erosion Y1 - 2009 VL - 21 SP - 37 EP - 52 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Mehlhorn, Tobias A1 - Prohaska, Steffen A1 - Homberg, Ulrike A1 - Slowik, Volker T1 - Modelling and Analysis of Particle and Pore Structures in Soils T2 - Workshop Internal Erosion Y1 - 2009 VL - 21 SP - 53 EP - 60 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Semar, Olivier A1 - Binner, Richard A1 - Homberg, Ulrike A1 - Kalbe, Ute A1 - Mehlhorn, Tobias A1 - Prohaska, Steffen A1 - Slowik, Volker A1 - Witt, Karl Josef T1 - Conditions for Suffosive Erosion Phemomena in Soils – Concept and Approach T2 - Workshop Internal Erosion Y1 - 2009 VL - 21 SP - 29 EP - 35 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Paar, Philip A1 - Appleton, Katy A1 - Clasen, Malte A1 - Gensel, Maria A1 - Jude, Simon A1 - Lovett, Andrew T1 - Interactive Visual Simulation of Coastal Landscape Change T2 - ISDE Summit Y1 - 2008 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Petz, Christoph A1 - Kasten, Jens A1 - Prohaska, Steffen A1 - Hege, Hans-Christian T1 - Hierarchical Vortex Regions in Swirling Flow JF - Computer Graphics Forum Y1 - 2009 VL - 28 IS - 3 SP - 863 EP - 870 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Dercksen, Vincent J. A1 - Weber, Britta A1 - Günther, David A1 - Oberlaender, Marcel A1 - Prohaska, Steffen A1 - Hege, Hans-Christian T1 - Automatic alignment of stacks of filament data T2 - Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging Y1 - 2009 SP - 971 EP - 974 PB - IEEE press CY - Boston, USA ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Rosanwo, Olufemi A1 - Petz, Christoph A1 - Prohaska, Steffen A1 - Hotz, Ingrid A1 - Hege, Hans-Christian ED - Eades, Peter ED - Ertl, Thomas ED - Shen, Han-Wei T1 - Dual Streamline Seeding T2 - Proceedings of the IEEE Pacific Visualization Symposium Y1 - 2009 SP - 9 EP - 16 CY - Beijing, China ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Kasten, Jens A1 - Weinkauf, Tino A1 - Petz, Christoph A1 - Hotz, Ingrid A1 - Noack, Bernd R. A1 - Hege, Hans-Christian T1 - Extraction of Coherent Structures from Natural and Actuated Flows T2 - Active Flow Control II Y1 - 2010 SN - 978-3-642-11734-3 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-11735-0_24 VL - 108 SP - 373 EP - 387 PB - Springer, Berlin ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Goubergrits, Leonid A1 - Thamsen, Bente A1 - Berthe, André A1 - Poethke, Jens A1 - Kertzscher, Ulrich A1 - Affeld, Klaus A1 - Petz, Christoph A1 - Hege, Hans-Christian A1 - Hoch, Heinrich A1 - Spuler, Andreas T1 - In Vitro Study of Near-Wall Flow in a Cerebral Aneurysm Model with and without Coils JF - American Journal of Neuroradiology Y1 - 2010 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A2121 VL - 31:8 SP - 1521 EP - 1528 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Weinkauf, Tino A1 - Günther, David T1 - Separatrix Persistence: Extraction of Salient Edges on Surfaces Using Topological Methods JF - Computer Graphics Forum (Proc. SGP’09) Y1 - 2009 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8659.2009.01528.x VL - 28 IS - 5 SP - 1519 EP - 1528 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Kuß, Anja A1 - Prohaska, Steffen A1 - Meyer, Björn A1 - Rybak, Jürgen A1 - Hege, Hans-Christian T1 - Ontology-Based Visualization of Hierarchical Neuroanatomical Structures T2 - Proceedings of the Eurographics Workshop on Visual Computing for Biomedicine VCBM 2008 Y1 - 2008 SP - 177 EP - 184 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Goubergrits, Leonid A1 - Pöthke, Jens A1 - Petz, Christoph A1 - Hege, Hans-Christian A1 - Spuler, Andreas A1 - Kertzscher, Ulrich T1 - 3D Bildgebung von zerebralen Aneurysmen T2 - Bildverarbeitung für die Medizin Y1 - 2008 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-78640-5_31 SP - 153 EP - 157 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Goubergrits, Leonid A1 - Kertzscher, Ulrich A1 - Schöneberg, Bastian A1 - Wellnhofer, Ernst A1 - Petz, Christoph T1 - CFD analysis in an anatomically realistic coronary artery model based on non-invasive 3D imaging JF - Int. J. Cardiovasc. Imaging Y1 - 2008 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10554-007-9275-z VL - 24(4) SP - 411 EP - 421 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Petz, Christoph A1 - Prohaska, Steffen A1 - Goubergrits, Leonid A1 - Kertzscher, Ulrich A1 - Hege, Hans-Christian T1 - Near-Wall Flow Visualization in Flattened Surface Neighborhoods T2 - Proc. Simulation and Visualization 2008 Y1 - 2008 UR - http://www.simvis.org/Tagung2008/sv-proceedings.html SP - 93 EP - 105 CY - Magdeburg, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Sahner, Jan A1 - Weber, Britta A1 - Lamecker, Hans A1 - Prohaska, Steffen T1 - Extraction of feature Lines on surface meshes based on discrete Morse theory JF - Computer Graphics Forum Y1 - 2008 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8659.2008.01202.x VL - 27 IS - 3 SP - 735 EP - 742 CY - Eindhoven, Netherlands ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Kasten, Jens A1 - Petz, Christoph A1 - Hotz, Ingrid A1 - Noack, Bernd R. A1 - Hege, Hans-Christian ED - Magnor, Marcus ED - Rosenhahn, Bodo ED - Theisel, Holger T1 - Localized Finite-time Lyapunov Exponent for Unsteady Flow Analysis T2 - Vision Modeling and Visualization Y1 - 2009 SN - 978-3-9804874-8-1 VL - 1 SP - 265 EP - 274 PB - Universität Magdeburg, Inst. f. Simulation u. Graph. ER - TY - GEN A1 - Bodden, Eric A1 - Clasen, Malte A1 - Kneis, Joachim T1 - Arithmetic coding revealed - a guided tour from theory to praxis Y1 - 2007 PB - Technical Report SABLE-TR-2007-5, Sable Research Group, School of Computer Science, McGill University ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Paar, Philip A1 - Clasen, Malte T1 - Earth, Landscape, Biotope, Plant. Interactive visualisation with Biosphere3D JF - Proceedings of CORP - 12th International Conference on Urban Planning and Spatial Development in the Information Society, May 20th - 23rd Y1 - 2007 SP - 207 EP - 214 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Clasen, Malte A1 - Hege, Hans-Christian ED - Schulze, Thomas ED - Preim, Bernhard ED - Schumann, Heidrun T1 - Clipmap-based Terrain Data Synthesis T2 - Proc. SimVis 2007 Y1 - 2007 SP - 385 EP - 398 PB - SCS Publishing House e.V. ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Saparin, Peter A1 - Thomsen, Jesper A1 - Prohaska, Steffen A1 - Zaikin, Alexei A1 - Kurths, Jürgen A1 - Hege, Hans-Christian A1 - Gowin, Wolfgang T1 - Quantification of spatial structure of human proximal tibial bone biopsies using 3D measures of complexity JF - Acta Astronautica Y1 - 2005 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2005.01.007 VL - 56 IS - 9-12 SP - 820 EP - 830 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Prohaska, Steffen A1 - Dreher, Matthew A1 - Dewhirst, Mark A1 - Chilkoti, Ashutosh A1 - Pries, Axel T1 - 3-D reconstruction of tumor vascular networks JF - J. Vas. Res. Y1 - 2004 VL - 41 SP - 463 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Prohaska, Steffen A1 - Hutanu, Andrei A1 - Kähler, Ralf A1 - Hege, Hans-Christian T1 - Interactive exploration of large remote micro-CT scans T2 - Proc. IEEE Visualization 2004 Y1 - 2004 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/VIS.2004.51 SP - 345 EP - 352 CY - Austin, Texas ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Fouard, Céline A1 - Malandain, Grégoire A1 - Prohaska, Steffen A1 - Westerhoff, Malte A1 - Cassot, Francis A1 - Mazel, Christophe A1 - Asselot, Didier A1 - Marc-Vergnes, Jean-Pierre T1 - Skeletonization by blocks for large 3D datasets: Application to brain microcirculation T2 - IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro (ISBI'04) Y1 - 2004 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/ISBI.2004.1398481 SP - 89 EP - 92 CY - Arlington, Virginia ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Fouard, Céline A1 - Malandain, Grégoire A1 - Prohaska, Steffen A1 - Westerhoff, Malte A1 - Cassot, Francis A1 - Mazel, Christophe A1 - Asselot, Didier A1 - Marc-Vergnes, Jean-Pierre T1 - Squelettisation par blocs pour des grands volumes de données 3D T2 - Reconnaissance des Formes et Intelligence Artificielle (RFIA 2004) Y1 - 2004 CY - Toulouse, France ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hutanu, Andrei A1 - Allen, Gabrielle A1 - Beck, Stephen A1 - Holub, Petr A1 - Kaiser, Hartmut A1 - Kulshrestha, Archit A1 - Liska, Milos A1 - MacLaren, Jon A1 - Matyska, Ludek A1 - Paruchuri, Ravi A1 - Prohaska, Steffen A1 - Seidel, Edward A1 - Ullmer, Brygg A1 - Venkataraman, Shalini T1 - Distributed and collaborative visualization of large data sets using high-speed networks JF - Future Generation Comp. Syst Y1 - 2006 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.future.2006.03.026 VL - 22(8) SP - 1004 EP - 1010 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hege, Hans-Christian A1 - Weinkauf, Tino A1 - Prohaska, Steffen A1 - Hutanu, Andrei T1 - Towards distributed visualization and analysis of large flow data JF - JSME International Journal, Series B Y1 - 2005 VL - 48 (2) SP - 241 EP - 246 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Dercksen, Vincent J. A1 - Prohaska, Steffen A1 - Hege, Hans-Christian T1 - Fast cross-sectional display of large data sets T2 - IAPR Conference on Machine Vision Applications Y1 - 2005 SP - 336 EP - 339 CY - Tsukuba, Japan ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Prohaska, Steffen T1 - Interaktive Visualisierung und Datenanalyse: Herausforderungen durch wachsende Datenmengen T2 - Kartographische Schriften Y1 - 2006 VL - 10 SP - 103 EP - 110 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Horenko, Illia A1 - Schmidt-Ehrenberg, Johannes A1 - Schütte, Christof T1 - Set-oriented dimension reduction: Localizing principal component analysis via hidden Markov models T2 - Computational Life Sciences II Y1 - 2006 VL - 4216 SP - 98 EP - 115 PB - Springer ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Clasen, Malte A1 - Hege, Hans-Christian T1 - Terrain rendering using spherical clipmaps T2 - EuroVis 2006 - Eurographics / IEEE VGTC Symposium on Visualization Y1 - 2006 SP - 91 EP - 98 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Schmidt-Ehrenberg, Johannes A1 - Hege, Hans-Christian T1 - Visual analysis of molecular conformations by means of a dynamic density mixture model T2 - Computational Life Sciences: First International Symposium, CompLife 2005 Y1 - 2005 VL - 3695 SP - 229 EP - 240 PB - Springer CY - Konstanz, Germany ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Kähler, Ralf A1 - Prohaska, Steffen A1 - Hutanu, Andrei A1 - Hege, Hans-Christian T1 - Visualization of time-dependent remote adaptive mesh refinement data T2 - Proc. IEEE Visualization 2005 Y1 - 2005 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/VISUAL.2005.1532793 SP - 175 EP - 182 CY - Minneapolis, USA ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Thomsen, Jesper A1 - Laib, Andreas A1 - Koller, Bruno A1 - Prohaska, Steffen A1 - Mosekilde, L. A1 - Gowin, Wolfgang T1 - Stereological measures of trabecular bone structure: Comparison of 3D micro computed tomography with 2D histological sections in human proximal tibial bone biopsies JF - Journal of Microscopy Y1 - 2005 VL - 218 SP - 171 EP - 179 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Prohaska, Steffen A1 - Hutanu, Andrei T1 - Remote data access for interactive visualization T2 - 13th Annual Mardi Gras Conference: Frontiers of Grid Applications and Technologies Y1 - 2005 SP - 17 EP - 22 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Fouard, Céline A1 - Malandain, Grégoire A1 - Prohaska, Steffen A1 - Westerhoff, Malte T1 - Blockwise processing applied to brain micro-vascular network study JF - IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging Y1 - 2006 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/TMI.2006.880670 VL - 25 IS - 10 SP - 1319 EP - 1328 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Zaikin, Alexei A1 - Saparin, Peter A1 - Kurths, Jürgen A1 - Prohaska, Steffen A1 - Gowin, Wolfgang T1 - Modeling resorption in 2D-CT and 3D μ-CT bone images JF - Int. J. of Bif. and Chaos Y1 - 2005 VL - 15(9) SP - 2995 EP - 3009 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Röhricht, W. A1 - Clasen, Malte T1 - Multum, non multi - Hierarchische Bit Trees bei der Pflanzenverteilung mit oik T2 - Simulation in Umwelt- und Geowissenschaften. Workshop Dresden 2005 Y1 - 2005 PB - Shaker CY - Aachen ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Weber, Britta A1 - Tranfield, Erin M. A1 - Höög, Johanna L. A1 - Baum, Daniel A1 - Antony, Claude A1 - Hyman, Tony A1 - Verbavatz, Jean-Marc A1 - Prohaska, Steffen T1 - Automated stitching of microtubule centerlines across serial electron tomograms JF - PLoS ONE Y1 - 2014 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0113222 SP - e113222 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Redemann, Stefanie A1 - Weber, Britta A1 - Möller, Marit A1 - Verbavatz, Jean-Marc A1 - Hyman, Anthony A1 - Baum, Daniel A1 - Prohaska, Steffen A1 - Müller-Reichert, Thomas T1 - The Segmentation of Microtubules in Electron Tomograms Using Amira T2 - Mitosis: Methods and Protocols Y1 - 2014 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-0329-0_12 SP - 261 EP - 278 PB - Springer ER - TY - GEN A1 - Costa, Marta A1 - Ostrovsky, Aaron D. A1 - Manton, James D. A1 - Prohaska, Steffen A1 - Jefferis, Gregory S.X.E. T1 - NBLAST: Rapid, sensitive comparison of neuronal structure and construction of neuron family databases T2 - bioRxiv preprint Y1 - 2015 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1101/006346 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Hoerth, Rebecca M. A1 - Baum, Daniel A1 - Knötel, David A1 - Prohaska, Steffen A1 - Willie, Bettina M. A1 - Duda, Georg A1 - Hege, Hans-Christian A1 - Fratzl, Peter A1 - Wagermaier, Wolfgang T1 - Registering 2D and 3D Imaging Data of Bone during Healing N2 - Purpose/Aims of the Study: Bone’s hierarchical structure can be visualized using a variety of methods. Many techniques, such as light and electron microscopy generate two-dimensional (2D) images, while micro computed tomography (μCT) allows a direct representation of the three-dimensional (3D) structure. In addition, different methods provide complementary structural information, such as the arrangement of organic or inorganic compounds. The overall aim of the present study is to answer bone research questions by linking information of different 2D and 3D imaging techniques. A great challenge in combining different methods arises from the fact that they usually reflect different characteristics of the real structure. Materials and Methods: We investigated bone during healing by means of μCT and a couple of 2D methods. Backscattered electron images were used to qualitatively evaluate the tissue’s calcium content and served as a position map for other experimental data. Nanoindentation and X-ray scattering experiments were performed to visualize mechanical and structural properties. Results: We present an approach for the registration of 2D data in a 3D μCT reference frame, where scanning electron microscopies serve as a methodic link. Backscattered electron images are perfectly suited for registration into μCT reference frames, since both show structures based on the same physical principles. We introduce specific registration tools that have been developed to perform the registration process in a semi-automatic way. Conclusions: By applying this routine, we were able to exactly locate structural information (e.g. mineral particle properties) in the 3D bone volume. In bone healing studies this will help to better understand basic formation, remodeling and mineralization processes. T3 - ZIB-Report - 15-01 Y1 - 2015 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-53426 SN - 1438-0064 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Weber, Britta A1 - Tranfield, Erin M. A1 - Höög, Johanna L. A1 - Baum, Daniel A1 - Antony, Claude A1 - Hyman, Tony A1 - Verbavatz, Jean-Marc A1 - Prohaska, Steffen T1 - Automated stitching of microtubule centerlines across serial electron tomograms N2 - Tracing microtubule centerlines in serial section electron tomography requires microtubules to be stitched across sections, that is lines from different sections need to be aligned, endpoints need to be matched at section boundaries to establish a correspondence between neighboring sections, and corresponding lines need to be connected across multiple sections. We present computational methods for these tasks: 1) An initial alignment is computed using a distance compatibility graph. 2) A fine alignment is then computed with a probabilistic variant of the iterative closest points algorithm, which we extended to handle the orientation of lines by introducing a periodic random variable to the probabilistic formulation. 3) Endpoint correspondence is established by formulating a matching problem in terms of a Markov random field and computing the best matching with belief propagation. Belief propagation is not generally guaranteed to converge to a minimum. We show how convergence can be achieved, nonetheless, with minimal manual input. In addition to stitching microtubule centerlines, the correspondence is also applied to transform and merge the electron tomograms. We applied the proposed methods to samples from the mitotic spindle in C. elegans, the meiotic spindle in X. laevis, and sub-pellicular microtubule arrays in T. brucei. The methods were able to stitch microtubules across section boundaries in good agreement with experts’ opinions for the spindle samples. Results, however, were not satisfactory for the microtubule arrays. For certain experiments, such as an analysis of the spindle, the proposed methods can replace manual expert tracing and thus enable the analysis of microtubules over long distances with reasonable manual effort. T3 - ZIB-Report - 14-41 KW - electron tomography KW - microtubules KW - serial sectioning KW - image analysis KW - geometry reconstruction KW - image and geometry alignment KW - point correspondence Y1 - 2014 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-52958 SN - 1438-0064 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Dean, Mason N. A1 - Seidel, R. A1 - Knötel, David A1 - Lyons, K. A1 - Baum, Daniel A1 - Weaver, James C. A1 - Fratzl, Peter T1 - To build a shark: 3D tiling laws of tessellated cartilage T2 - Abstract in Integrative and Comparative Biology; conference Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology annual meeting, January 3-7, 2016, Portland, USA N2 - The endoskeleton of sharks and rays (elasmobranchs) is comprised of a cartilaginous core, covered by thousands of mineralized tiles, called tesserae. Characterizing the relationship between tesseral morphometrics, skeletal growth and mechanics is challenging because tesserae are small (a few hundred micrometers wide), anchored to the surrounding tissue in complex three-dimensional ways, and occur in huge numbers. We integrate material property, histology, electron microscopy and synchrotron and laboratory µCT scans of skeletal elements from an ontogenetic series of round stingray Urobatis halleri, to gain insights into the generation and maintenance of a natural tessellated system. Using a custom-made semiautomatic segmentation algorithm, we present the first quantitative and 3d description of tesserae across whole skeletal elements. The tessellation is not interlocking or regular, with tesserae showing a great range of shapes, sizes and number of neighbors. This is partly region-dependent: for example, thick, columnar tesserae are arranged in series along convex edges with small radius of curvature (RoC), whereas more brick- or disc-shaped tesserae are found in planar/flatter areas. Comparison of the tessellation across ontogeny, shows that in younger animals, the forming tesseral network is less densely packed, appearing as a covering of separate, poorly mineralized islands that grow together with age to form a complete surface. Some gaps in the tessellation are localized to specific regions in all samples, indicating they are real features, perhaps either regions of delayed mineralization or of tendon insertion. We will use the structure of elasmobranch skeletons as a road map for understanding shark and ray skeletal mechanics, but also to extract fundamental engineering principles for tiled composite materials. Y1 - 2016 UR - https://academic.oup.com/icb/article-pdf/56/suppl_1/e1/9102603/icw002.pdf VL - 56 (suppl 1) ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kozlíková, Barbora A1 - Krone, Michael A1 - Falk, Martin A1 - Lindow, Norbert A1 - Baaden, Marc A1 - Baum, Daniel A1 - Viola, Ivan A1 - Parulek, Julius A1 - Hege, Hans-Christian T1 - Visualization of Biomolecular Structures: State of the Art Revisited JF - Computer Graphics Forum N2 - Structural properties of molecules are of primary concern in many fields. This report provides a comprehensive overview on techniques that have been developed in the fields of molecular graphics and visualization with a focus on applications in structural biology. The field heavily relies on computerized geometric and visual representations of three-dimensional, complex, large and time-varying molecular structures. The report presents a taxonomy that demonstrates which areas of molecular visualization have already been extensively investigated and where the field is currently heading. It discusses visualizations for molecular structures, strategies for efficient display regarding image quality and frame rate, covers different aspects of level of detail and reviews visualizations illustrating the dynamic aspects of molecular simulation data. The survey concludes with an outlook on promising and important research topics to foster further success in the development of tools that help to reveal molecular secrets. Y1 - 2016 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1111/cgf.13072 VL - 36 IS - 8 SP - 178 EP - 204 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Aboulhassan, Amal A1 - Sicat, Ronell A1 - Baum, Daniel A1 - Wodo, Olga A1 - Hadwiger, Markus T1 - Comparative Visual Analysis of Structure-Performance Relations in Complex Bulk-Heterojunction Morphologies JF - Computer Graphics Forum N2 - The structure of Bulk-Heterojunction (BHJ) materials, the main component of organic photovoltaic solar cells, is very complex, and the relationship between structure and performance is still largely an open question. Overall, there is a wide spectrum of fabrication configurations resulting in different BHJ morphologies and correspondingly different performances. Current state- of-the-art methods for assessing the performance of BHJ morphologies are either based on global quantification of morphological features or simply on visual inspection of the morphology based on experimental imaging. This makes finding optimal BHJ structures very challenging. Moreover, finding the optimal fabrication parameters to get an optimal structure is still an open question. In this paper, we propose a visual analysis framework to help answer these questions through comparative visualization and parameter space exploration for local morphology features. With our approach, we enable scientists to explore multivariate correlations between local features and performance indicators of BHJ morphologies. Our framework is built on shape-based clustering of local cubical regions of the morphology that we call patches. This enables correlating the features of clusters with intuition-based performance indicators computed from geometrical and topological features of charge paths. Y1 - 2017 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1111/cgf.13191 VL - 36 IS - 3 SP - 329 EP - 339 PB - Wiley ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Seidel, Ronald A1 - Blumer, Michael A1 - Zaslansky, Paul A1 - Knötel, David A1 - Huber, Daniel R. A1 - Weaver, James C. A1 - Fratzl, Peter A1 - Omelon, Sidney A1 - Bertinetti, Luca A1 - Dean, Mason N. T1 - Ultrastructural, material and crystallographic description of endophytic masses – a possible damage response in shark and ray tessellated calcified cartilage JF - Journal of Structural Biology N2 - The cartilaginous endoskeletons of Elasmobranchs (sharks and rays) are reinforced superficially by minute, mineralized tiles, called tesserae. Unlike the bony skeletons of other vertebrates, elasmobranch skeletons have limited healing capability and their tissues’ mechanisms for avoiding damage or managing it when it does occur are largely unknown. Here we describe an aberrant type of mineralized elasmobranch skeletal tissue called endophytic masses (EPMs), which grow into the uncalcified cartilage of the skeleton, but exhibit a strikingly different morphology compared to tesserae and other elasmobranch calcified tissues. We use biological and materials characterization techniques, including computed tomography, electron and light microscopy, x-ray and Raman spectroscopy and histology to characterize the morphology, ultrastructure and chemical composition of tesserae-associated EPMs in different elasmobranch species. EPMs appear to develop between and in intimate association with tesserae, but lack the lines of periodic growth and varying mineral density characteristic of tesserae. EPMs are mineral-dominated (high mineral and low organic content), comprised of birefringent bundles of large monetite or brushite crystals aligned end to end in long strings. Both Unusual skeletal mineralization in elasmobranchs tesserae and EPMs appear to develop in a type-2 collagen-based matrix, but in contrast to tesserae, all chondrocytes embedded or in contact with EPMs are dead and mineralized. The differences outlined between EPMs and tesserae demonstrate them to be distinct tissues. We discuss several possible reasons for EPM development, including tissue reinforcement, repair, and disruptions of mineralization processes, within the context of elasmobranch skeletal biology as well as descriptions of damage responses of other vertebrate mineralized tissues. Y1 - 2017 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsb.2017.03.004 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Homberg, Ulrike A1 - Baum, Daniel A1 - Prohaska, Steffen A1 - Günster, Jens A1 - Krauß-Schüler, Stefanie T1 - Adapting trabecular structures for 3D printing: an image processing approach based on µCT data JF - Biomedical Physics & Engineering Express N2 - Materials with a trabecular structure notably combine advantages such as lightweight, reasonable strength, and permeability for fluids. This combination of advantages is especially interesting for tissue engineering in trauma surgery and orthopedics. Bone-substituting scaffolds for instance are designed with a trabecular structure in order to allow cell migration for bone ingrowth and vascularization. An emerging and recently very popular technology to produce such complex, porous structures is 3D printing. However, several technological aspects regarding the scaffold architecture, the printable resolution, and the feature size have to be considered when fabricating scaffolds for bone tissue replacement and regeneration. Here, we present a strategy to assess and prepare realistic trabecular structures for 3D printing using image analysis with the aim of preserving the structural elements. We discuss critical conditions of the printing system and present a 3-stage approach to adapt a trabecular structure from $\mu$CT data while incorporating knowledge about the printing system. In the first stage, an image-based extraction of solid and void structures is performed, which results in voxel- and graph-based representations of the extracted structures. These representations not only allow us to quantify geometrical properties such as pore size or strut geometry and length. But, since the graph represents the geometry and the topology of the initial structure, it can be used in the second stage to modify and adjust feature size, volume and sample size in an easy and consistent way. In the final reconstruction stage, the graph is then converted into a voxel representation preserving the topology of the initial structure. This stage generates a model with respect to the printing conditions to ensure a stable and controlled voxel placement during the printing process. Y1 - 2017 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1088/2057-1976/aa7611 VL - 3 IS - 3 PB - IOP Publishing ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Färber, Claudia A1 - Titschack, Jürgen A1 - Schönberg, Christine H. L. A1 - Ehrig, Karsten A1 - Boos, Karin A1 - Baum, Daniel A1 - Illerhaus, Bernd A1 - Asgaard, Ulla A1 - Bromley, Richard G. A1 - Freiwald, André A1 - Wisshak, Max T1 - Long-term macrobioerosion in the Mediterranean Sea assessed by micro-computed tomography JF - Biogeosciences N2 - Biological erosion is a key process for the recycling of carbonate and the formation of calcareous sediments in the oceans. Experimental studies showed that bioerosion is subject to distinct temporal variability, but previous long-term studies were restricted to tropical waters. Here, we present results from a 14-year bioerosion experiment that was carried out along the rocky limestone coast of the island of Rhodes, Greece, in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, in order to monitor the pace at which bioerosion affects carbonate substrate and the sequence of colonisation by bioeroding organisms. Internal macrobioerosion was visualised and quantified by micro-computed tomography and computer-algorithm-based segmentation procedures. Analysis of internal macrobioerosion traces revealed a dominance of bioeroding sponges producing eight types of characteristic Entobia cavity networks, which were matched to five different clionaid sponges by spicule identification in extracted tissue. The morphology of the entobians strongly varied depending on the species of the producing sponge, its ontogenetic stage, available space, and competition by other bioeroders. An early community developed during the first 5 years of exposure with initially very low macrobioerosion rates and was followed by an intermediate stage when sponges formed large and more diverse entobians and bioerosion rates increased. After 14 years, 30 % of the block volumes were occupied by boring sponges, yielding maximum bioerosion rates of 900 g m^−2 yr^−1. A high spatial variability in macrobioerosion prohibited clear conclusions about the onset of macrobioerosion equilibrium conditions. This highlights the necessity of even longer experimental exposures and higher replication at various factor levels in order to better understand and quantify temporal patterns of macrobioerosion in marine carbonate environments. Y1 - 2016 U6 - https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-3461-2016 VL - 13 IS - 11 SP - 3461 EP - 3474 CY - http://www.biogeosciences.net/13/3461/2016/ ER - TY - GEN A1 - Knötel, David A1 - Seidel, Ronald A1 - Hosny, Ahmed A1 - Zaslansky, Paul A1 - Weaver, James C. A1 - Baum, Daniel A1 - Dean, Mason N. T1 - Understanding the Tiling Rules of the Tessellated Mineralized Endoskeleton of Sharks and Rays T2 - Poster, Euro Bio-inspired Materials 2016, Potsdam, Germany, February 22 - 25, 2016 N2 - The endoskeletons of sharks and rays are composed of an unmineralized cartilaginous core, covered in an outer layer of mineralized tiles called tesserae. The tessellated layer is vital to the growth as well as the material properties of the skeletal element, providing both flexibility and strength. However, characterizing the relationship between tesseral size and shape, and skeletal growth and mechanics is challenging because tesserae are small (a few hundred micrometers wide), anchored to the surrounding tissue in complex three-dimensional ways, and occur in huge numbers. Using a custom-made semi-automatic segmentation algorithm, we present the first quantitative and three-dimensional description of tesserae in micro-CT scans of whole skeletal elements. Our segmentation algorithm relies on aspects we have learned of general tesseral morphology. We exploit the distance map of the mineralized layer to separate individual tiles using a hierarchical watershed algorithm. Additionally, we have developed post-processing techniques to quickly correct segmentation errors. Our data reveals that the tessellation is not regular, with tesserae showing a great range of shapes, sizes and number of neighbors. This is partly region-dependent: for example, thick, columnar tesserae are arranged in series along convex edges with small radius of curvature (RoC), whereas more brick-or disc-shaped tesserae are found in planar areas. We apply our newly developed techniques on the left and right hyomandibula (skeletal elements supporting the jaws) from four different ages of a stingray species, to clarify how tiling patterns develop across ontogeny and differ within and between individuals. We evaluate the functional consequences of tesseral morphologies using finite element analysis and 3d-printing, for a better understanding of shark skeletal mechanics, but also to extract fundamental engineering design principles of tiling arrangements on load-bearing three-dimensional objects. Y1 - 2016 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Knötel, David A1 - Seidel, Ronald A1 - Prohaska, Steffen A1 - Dean, Mason N. A1 - Baum, Daniel T1 - Automated Segmentation of Complex Patterns in Biological Tissues: Lessons from Stingray Tessellated Cartilage JF - PLOS ONE N2 - Introduction – Many biological structures show recurring tiling patterns on one structural level or the other. Current image acquisition techniques are able to resolve those tiling patterns to allow quantitative analyses. The resulting image data, however, may contain an enormous number of elements. This renders manual image analysis infeasible, in particular when statistical analysis is to be conducted, requiring a larger number of image data to be analyzed. As a consequence, the analysis process needs to be automated to a large degree. In this paper, we describe a multi-step image segmentation pipeline for the automated segmentation of the calcified cartilage into individual tesserae from computed tomography images of skeletal elements of stingrays. Methods – Besides applying state-of-the-art algorithms like anisotropic diffusion smoothing, local thresholding for foreground segmentation, distance map calculation, and hierarchical watershed, we exploit a graph-based representation for fast correction of the segmentation. In addition, we propose a new distance map that is computed only in the plane that locally best approximates the calcified cartilage. This distance map drastically improves the separation of individual tesserae. We apply our segmentation pipeline to hyomandibulae from three individuals of the round stingray (Urobatis halleri), varying both in age and size. Results – Each of the hyomandibula datasets contains approximately 3000 tesserae. To evaluate the quality of the automated segmentation, four expert users manually generated ground truth segmentations of small parts of one hyomandibula. These ground truth segmentations allowed us to compare the segmentation quality w.r.t. individual tesserae. Additionally, to investigate the segmentation quality of whole skeletal elements, landmarks were manually placed on all tesserae and their positions were then compared to the segmented tesserae. With the proposed segmentation pipeline, we sped up the processing of a single skeletal element from days or weeks to a few hours. Y1 - 2017 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0188018 ER -