FWF - Neurons - Modelling Vasculature and Neurons from 3D scans

We develop new algorithms for the reconstruction of models of neurites and blood vessels from microscopy and computed tomography scans. Our goal is to decrease the time a medical researcher needs to spend to construct a model of the network of blood vessels in the lung, visible in a thoracic CT scan, and to cut the workload that a neuroscientist needs to invest to construct a model of a mouse neuron from a light microscopy scan of mouse brain. These workloads are currently very high and block progress in basic research on diseases involving vascular degeneration and on the structure of the brain.