Output Format

MicrobeTracker saves data in MATLAB format, creating standard .mat files, which can be opened with MATLAB without running MicrobeTracker. Among other variables, it saves the variable cellList, the only one that is intended for the user. To load a saved file in MATLAB, just drag and drop it into the open window or use the load command.

The hierarchical organization of the variable is shown in the image above. It is a MATLAB cell array, with each cell of the arragy corresponding to one image frame. Each cell of this cell (subarray) is in turn a cell array corresponding to a real (that is, biological!) cell. Each of those is a structure with several fields describing different properties of the cell. For example, to access the field "algorithm" for the cell 4 on frame 5 type: "cellList{5}{4}.algorithm". The fields of this structure are:

 

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