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Preserving Derivative Information while Transforming Neuronal Curves.

Thomas L Athey^1,2, Daniel J Tward^3,4, Ulrich Mueller⁵

¹Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA. tathey1@jhu.edu.

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|November 30, 2023

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Neuroscience researchers can now map brain cell traces more accurately using a new method based on jet theory. This technique preserves critical data lost in standard brain atlasing, improving the precision of neuron tracing.

Keywords:

Diffeomorphisms Morphology Neuron reconstruction Registration Splines

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Area of Science:

Neuroscience
Computational Biology
Neuroinformatics

Background:

Comprehensive brain atlases are crucial for understanding neural function.
Current methods for tracing neurons in these atlases involve point-based mapping, which can distort neural structures.
Existing mapping techniques overlook the bending of line segments between traced points.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a novel framework for preserving the integrity of neuron traces during mapping.
To introduce a method that accounts for the derivatives of neuron traces up to any order.
To quantify the error introduced by standard mapping techniques in brain atlasing.

Main Methods:

Application of jet theory to describe the preservation of neuron trace derivatives.
Development of a framework to compute mapping errors using the Jacobian of transformations.
Testing the method on simulated and real neuron traces under random diffeomorphisms.

Main Results:

The proposed method, based on jet theory, accurately preserves derivatives of neuron traces.
A framework was established to calculate errors from standard mapping methods.
The first-order method demonstrated improved mapping accuracy for both simulated and real neuron traces.

Conclusions:

Jet theory offers a robust mathematical foundation for precise neuron tracing in brain atlases.
The developed open-source Python package, brainlit, provides a practical tool for neuroscientists.
This work enhances the accuracy and reliability of digital brain atlasing efforts.