O citoesqueleto é a estrutura celular mais importante em células eucariotas e é responsável por manter a forma da célula e as junções celulares, auxiliando nos movimentos celulares. Esta é composta de filamentos de Actina, Microtúbulos e filamentos intermediários. Recentemente, a análise de duas dessas estruturas tornaram-se importantes, pois é possível obter micrografias usando microscópios de alta resolução, que contém microscopia de fluorescência, em combinação com métodos complexos de aplicação de substâncias de contraste para rotulagem e posterior análises visuais. A combinação dessas técnicas, entretanto, limita-se a ser descritiva e subjetiva. Neste trabalho, são avaliadas cinco técnicas de análise de imagens, as quais são: Bag of Visual Words (BoVW), Local Binary Local (LBP), Textons baseados em Discrete Fourier Transform (TDFT), Textons baseados em Gabor Filter Banks (TGFB) e Textons baseados em Complex Networks (TCN) sobre o conjunto de dados 2D Hela e FDIG Olympus. Experimentos extensivos foram conduzidos em ambos os conjuntos de dados, e seus resultados podem servir de base para futuras pesquisas como análises do citoesqueleto em imagens de microscopia fluorescente. Neste trabalho, é apresentada uma comparação quantitativa e qualitativa dos métodos acima mencionados para entender o comportamento desses métodos e propriedades dos microfilamentos de actina (MA) e Microtúbulos (MT) em ambos os conjuntos de dados. Os resultados obtidos evidenciam que é possível classificar o conjunto de dados da FDIG Olympus com uma precisão de até 90:07% e 98:94% para 2D Hela, além de obter 86:05% e 96:84%, respectivamente, de precisão, usando teoria de redes complexas. / The cytoskeleton is the most important cellular structure in eukaryotic cells and is responsible for maintaining the shape of the cell and cellular junctions, aiding in cell movements. This is composed of filaments of Actin, Microtubules and intermediate filaments. Recently, the analysis of two of these structures has become important because it is possible to obtain micrographs using microscopes of high resolution and fluorescence technology, in combination with complex methods of application of substances of contrast for labeling and later visual analysis. The use of these techniques, however, is limited to being descriptive and subjective. In this work, we evaluate some of the most popular image analysis techniques such as Bag of Visual Words (BoVW), Local Binary Pattern (LBP), Textons based on Discrete Fourier Transform(TDFT) , Gabor Filter banks (TGFB), and approaches based on Complex Networks theory (TCN) over the famous dataset 2D Hela and FDIG Olympus. Extensive experiments were conducted on both datasets in which their results can serve as a baseline for future research with cytoskeleton classification in microscopy fluorescence images. In this work, we present the quantitative and qualitative comparison of above mentioned methods for better understand the behavior of these methods and the properties of Actin microfilaments (MA) and Microtubules (MT) on both datasets. The results showed that it is possible to classify the FDIG Olympus data set with accuracy of up to 90:07% and 98:94% for 2D Hela, in addition to reaching 86:05% and 96:84% respectively, using complex network theory.

O citoesqueleto é a estrutura celular mais importante em células eucariotas e é responsável por manter a forma da célula e as junções celulares, auxiliando nos movimentos celulares. Esta é composta de filamentos de Actina, Microtúbulos e filamentos intermediários. Recentemente, a análise de duas dessas estruturas tornaram-se importantes, pois é possível obter micrografias usando microscópios de alta resolução, que contém microscopia de fluorescência, em combinação com métodos complexos de aplicação de substâncias de contraste para rotulagem e posterior análises visuais. A combinação dessas técnicas, entretanto, limita-se a ser descritiva e subjetiva. Neste trabalho, são avaliadas cinco técnicas de análise de imagens, as quais são: Bag of Visual Words (BoVW), Local Binary Local (LBP), Textons baseados em Discrete Fourier Transform (TDFT), Textons baseados em Gabor Filter Banks (TGFB) e Textons baseados em Complex Networks (TCN) sobre o conjunto de dados 2D Hela e FDIG Olympus. Experimentos extensivos foram conduzidos em ambos os conjuntos de dados, e seus resultados podem servir de base para futuras pesquisas como análises do citoesqueleto em imagens de microscopia fluorescente. Neste trabalho, é apresentada uma comparação quantitativa e qualitativa dos métodos acima mencionados para entender o comportamento desses métodos e propriedades dos microfilamentos de actina (MA) e Microtúbulos (MT) em ambos os conjuntos de dados. Os resultados obtidos evidenciam que é possível classificar o conjunto de dados da FDIG Olympus com uma precisão de até 90:07% e 98:94% para 2D Hela, além de obter 86:05% e 96:84%, respectivamente, de precisão, usando teoria de redes complexas. / The cytoskeleton is the most important cellular structure in eukaryotic cells and is responsible for maintaining the shape of the cell and cellular junctions, aiding in cell movements. This is composed of filaments of Actin, Microtubules and intermediate filaments. Recently, the analysis of two of these structures has become important because it is possible to obtain micrographs using microscopes of high resolution and fluorescence technology, in combination with complex methods of application of substances of contrast for labeling and later visual analysis. The use of these techniques, however, is limited to being descriptive and subjective. In this work, we evaluate some of the most popular image analysis techniques such as Bag of Visual Words (BoVW), Local Binary Pattern (LBP), Textons based on Discrete Fourier Transform(TDFT) , Gabor Filter banks (TGFB), and approaches based on Complex Networks theory (TCN) over the famous dataset 2D Hela and FDIG Olympus. Extensive experiments were conducted on both datasets in which their results can serve as a baseline for future research with cytoskeleton classification in microscopy fluorescence images. In this work, we present the quantitative and qualitative comparison of above mentioned methods for better understand the behavior of these methods and the properties of Actin microfilaments (MA) and Microtubules (MT) on both datasets. The results showed that it is possible to classify the FDIG Olympus data set with accuracy of up to 90:07% and 98:94% for 2D Hela, in addition to reaching 86:05% and 96:84% respectively, using complex network theory.

Biometric identification uses individuals' characteristics to attempt to match a sample to a database of existing samples. An increasingly commonly used characteristic is the iris section of the eye, which is valued for its uniqueness among individuals and stability over time. One key concern with iris recognition systems is the time required to find a test sample's match in a database of subjects. This work considers methods for categorizing irises within a database, so that a search for a match to a test sample can be focused on the test sample's category. The main method for categorization used in this work is texton learning. Texton learning involves creating a vocabulary of features and determining how much of each feature a given sample has. Once images are represented by textons, they are clustered in an unsupervised process. Success of the system is assessed as its ability to take a previously unseen image from a subject and classify it the same as the database reference for the subject. This work improves upon the past applications of texton learning with more thorough experiments to determine the optimal number of textons and image clusters. This system also investigates different accuracy metrics, with this work detailing two key methods and their relative benefits. Additionally, more in depth analysis is given for potential time saving impacts for finding a database match. Beyond the improvements to texton learning, symbolic features (ethnicity and gender) have been incorporated into the categorization process using a probabilistic metric. This is an innovative combination of using the numerical representation of the iris along with demographic information.