Here, we provide a workflow that allows the identification of healthy and pathological cells based on their 3-dimensional shape. We describe the process of using 2D projection outlines based on the 3D surfaces to train a Self-Organizing Map that will provide objective clustering of the investigated cell populations.
Kriegel, F. L., Köhler, R., Bayat-Sarmadi, J., Bayerl, S., Hauser, A. E., Niesner, R., Luch, A., Cseresnyes, Z. Morphology-Based Distinction Between Healthy and Pathological Cells Utilizing Fourier Transforms and Self-Organizing Maps. J. Vis. Exp. (140), e58543, doi:10.3791/58543 (2018).