用分水岭算法计算髓鞘厚度的生物学分析.pdf

Calculating Myelin Sheath Thickness with Watershed Algorithm for Biological Analysis By Kenneth Huang (1), Yunxia Ji (2), Steed Huang (2) and Qi Chen (3 1 Thurgood Marshall College, UC San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr. La Jolla, CA 92093, USA 2 Suqian College, Jiangsu University, 399 South Huanghe, Jiangsu 223800, P.R. China, 3 Shanghai Institute of Technology, 100 Haiquan Road, Shanghai 201418, P.R. China, Agenda 1. Introduction 2. The Image Based Biological Analysis 3. Watershed Algorithm 4. Matlab Program 5. Summary 1. Introduction The initial analysis does indicate that the mixed method we adopt improved efficiency of data processing, while not overlooking some important medical diagnostics factors: Significance of the myelin thickness (g-ratio) to various root courses of the diseases for human being Similarity between the human and the lab mouse The amount of fat accumulation will affect the brain cell Myelin is a unique way to increase conduction speeds and strength along axons of relatively small calibers. About Sphingomyelin 25% of fatty acids including sphingomyelin in a human being are: inside the brain; however, the weight of the brain is only 2% of the entire body. The majority of the fat is inside the neuron, consisting of the myelin sheath that insulates the axon of the neuron while providing the supporting structure to the entire brain at the same time. As such, checking the myelin thickness (g-ratio) of the axon must have some medical significance related to some, if not all aging diseases. • It is known that a number of human diseases, such as Alzheimer, dem