Turku BioImaging in collaboration with the Finnish Advanced light microscopy node is organising a course in Basic concepts in BioImage analysis. The course will be taught by two experts in image analysis: Christian Tischer from EMBL Heidelberg and Pasi Kankaanpää Turku BioImaging. The course is organised in two parts. The first part, day 1 is open for everyone interested. For the second part (day 2-3), registration will be required. Please note that maximum of 25 participants can be selected to the hands-on part. The participants will be selected based on their imaging background and suitability for the course. It is required to have experience in imaging to be eligible for the course.

CONTENTS OF THE COURSE

DAY 1 –Introduction to image analysis (open to general public)

What is a digital image?
Quantitative microscopy workflow
Available image analysis software
Image analysis ethics: background and case studies

DAY 2 –Image analysis concepts (max 25 participants selected)

Pixel data types, look-up tables, and results visualization
Convolution, segmentation, intensity and object shape measurements, and much more

DAY 3 –Hands-on training (max 25 participants selected)

ImageJ macro programming essentials
ImageJ hands-on training with going through participants’ own image analysis problems

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