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from __future__ import division, print_function
%matplotlib inline
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import numpy as np
from matplotlib import cm, pyplot as plt
import skdemo
plt.rcParams['image.cmap'] = 'cubehelix'
plt.rcParams['image.interpolation'] = 'none'
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from skimage import io
image = io.imread('../images/chromosomes.tif')
skdemo.imshow_with_histogram(image);
Let's separate the channels so we can work on each individually.
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protein, centromeres, chromosomes = image.transpose((2, 0, 1))
Getting the centromeres is easy because the signal is so clean:
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from skimage.filter import threshold_otsu
centromeres_binary = centromeres > threshold_otsu(centromeres)
skdemo.imshow_all(centromeres, centromeres_binary)
But getting the chromosomes is not so easy:
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chromosomes_binary = chromosomes > threshold_otsu(chromosomes)
skdemo.imshow_all(chromosomes, chromosomes_binary, cmap='gray')
Let's try using an adaptive threshold:
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from skimage.filter import threshold_adaptive
chromosomes_adapt = threshold_adaptive(chromosomes, block_size=51)
# Question: how did I choose this block size?
skdemo.imshow_all(chromosomes, chromosomes_adapt)
Not only is the uneven illumination a problem, but there seem to be some artifacts due to the illumination pattern!
Exercise: Can you think of a way to fix this?
(Hint: in addition to everything you've learned so far, check out skimage.morphology.remove_small_objects
)
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Now that we have the centromeres and the chromosomes, it's time to do the science: get the distribution of intensities in the red channel using both centromere and chromosome locations.
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# Replace "None" below with the right expressions!
centromere_intensities = None
chromosome_intensities = None
all_intensities = np.concatenate((centromere_intensities,
chromosome_intensities))
minint = np.min(all_intensities)
maxint = np.max(all_intensities)
bins = np.linspace(minint, maxint, 100)
plt.hist(centromere_intensities, bins=bins, color='blue',
alpha=0.5, label='centromeres')
plt.hist(chromosome_intensities, bins=bins, color='orange',
alpha=0.5, label='chromosomes')
plt.legend(loc='upper right')
plt.show()
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%reload_ext load_style
%load_style ../themes/tutorial.css