Cell segmentation from multiplexed tissue images. Covers deep learning (Cellpose, Mesmer) and classical approaches for nuclear and whole-cell segmentation. Use when extracting single-cell data from IMC or MIBI images after preprocessing.
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Reference examples tested with: Cellpose 3.0+, anndata 0.10+, matplotlib 3.8+, numpy 1.26+, pandas 2.2+, scanpy 1.10+, steinbock 0.16+
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"Segment cells from my IMC images" → Identify individual cell boundaries in multiplexed imaging data using deep learning (Cellpose) or watershed-based approaches for single-cell extraction.
cellpose.models.Cellpose() for deep learning segmentationsteinbock segment for pipeline-based segmentationfrom cellpose import models, io
import numpy as np
import tifffile
# Load image
img = tifffile.imread('processed.tiff')
# Extract nuclear channel (e.g., DNA1)
nuclear_channel = img[0] # Adjust index based on panel
# Initialize Cellpose model
model = models.Cellpose(model_type='nuclei', gpu=True)
# Run segmentation
masks, flows, styles, diams = model.eval(
nuclear_channel,
diameter=30, # Average nucleus diameter in pixels
flow_threshold=0.4,
cellprob_threshold=0.0
)
# masks contains integer labels for each cell
print(f'Cells segmented: {masks.max()}')
# Use membrane marker for whole-cell
membrane_channel = img[1] # e.g., CD45
# Combine nuclear and membrane for cyto model
model = models.Cellpose(model_type='cyto2', gpu=True)
# Create 2-channel input [membrane, nuclear]
img_input = np.stack([membrane_channel, nuclear_channel])
masks, flows, styles, diams = model.eval(
img_input,
channels=[1, 2], # [membrane, nuclear]
diameter=50,
flow_threshold=0.4
)
from deepcell.applications import Mesmer
# Initialize Mesmer
app = Mesmer()
# Prepare input: (batch, H, W, 2) - [nuclear, membrane]
img_input = np.stack([nuclear_channel, membrane_channel], axis=-1)
img_input = np.expand_dims(img_input, axis=0)
# Segment
predictions = app.predict(
img_input,
image_mpp=1.0, # Microns per pixel
compartment='whole-cell' # or 'nuclear'
)
masks = predictions[0, :, :, 0]
# Using steinbock with Cellpose
steinbock segment cellpose \
--img processed \
--model cyto2 \
--channelwise \
--nuclear-channel 0 \
--membrane-channel 1 \
-o masks
# Using steinbock with DeepCell
steinbock segment deepcell \
--img processed \
--nuclear-channel 0 \
--membrane-channel 1 \
-o masks
Goal: Convert a segmented cell mask and multi-channel image stack into a per-cell expression matrix suitable for downstream phenotyping and spatial analysis.
Approach: Iterate over regionprops of the label mask, compute mean intensity per channel within each cell's pixels, and collect morphological features (area, centroid, eccentricity) into a structured DataFrame.
from skimage import measure
import pandas as pd
def extract_single_cell_data(img, masks, channel_names):
'''Extract mean intensity per cell per channel'''
# Region properties
props = measure.regionprops(masks)
# Cell info
cell_data = []
intensities = []
for prop in props:
# Basic properties
cell_info = {
'cell_id': prop.label,
'area': prop.area,
'centroid_x': prop.centroid[1],
'centroid_y': prop.centroid[0],
'eccentricity': prop.eccentricity
}
cell_data.append(cell_info)
# Mean intensity per channel
cell_mask = masks == prop.label
cell_intensities = [img[c][cell_mask].mean() for c in range(len(channel_names))]
intensities.append(cell_intensities)
cell_df = pd.DataFrame(cell_data)
intensity_df = pd.DataFrame(intensities, columns=channel_names)
return cell_df, intensity_df
cell_info, intensities = extract_single_cell_data(img, masks, channel_names)
print(f'Extracted data for {len(cell_info)} cells')
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
def qc_segmentation(img, masks, nuclear_channel_idx=0):
'''Visualize segmentation quality'''
fig, axes = plt.subplots(1, 3, figsize=(15, 5))
# Nuclear channel
axes[0].imshow(img[nuclear_channel_idx], cmap='gray')
axes[0].set_title('Nuclear Channel')
# Segmentation masks
axes[1].imshow(masks, cmap='tab20')
axes[1].set_title(f'Segmentation ({masks.max()} cells)')
# Overlay
axes[2].imshow(img[nuclear_channel_idx], cmap='gray')
axes[2].contour(masks, colors='red', linewidths=0.5)
axes[2].set_title('Overlay')
for ax in axes:
ax.axis('off')
plt.tight_layout()
plt.savefig('segmentation_qc.png', dpi=150)
plt.close()
# Statistics
props = measure.regionprops(masks)
areas = [p.area for p in props]
print(f'Cells: {len(props)}')
print(f'Area: mean={np.mean(areas):.1f}, median={np.median(areas):.1f}')
qc_segmentation(img, masks)
from skimage.segmentation import expand_labels
# If only nuclear segmentation available, expand to approximate cells
nuclear_masks = masks # From nuclear segmentation
expanded_masks = expand_labels(nuclear_masks, distance=10)
print(f'Expanded masks from nuclei')
import tifffile
# Save masks as labeled image
tifffile.imwrite('cell_masks.tiff', masks.astype(np.uint16))
# Save single-cell data
cell_info.to_csv('cell_info.csv', index=False)
intensities.to_csv('cell_intensities.csv', index=False)
# Create combined AnnData
import anndata as ad
adata = ad.AnnData(X=intensities.values)
adata.var_names = channel_names
adata.obs = cell_info
# Add spatial coordinates
adata.obsm['spatial'] = cell_info[['centroid_x', 'centroid_y']].values
adata.write('imc_segmented.h5ad')
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