Fig. 11

Scheme of cell tracking principle, of cell (i) at frame (t): \( {\mathbf{c}}_{\mathbf{i}}^{\mathbf{t}} \): the distance between correct cell linking will optimally be found using nearest neighbor function (d1 > d2). For missing cell detections (see \( {\mathbf{c}}_{\mathbf{3}}^{\mathbf{2}} \)) an maximum length of cell motion (R) can be applied to validate the computed distance of linked cells (d3 < R)