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June 9, 2019
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Haptically Assisted Connection Procedure for the Reconstruction of Dendritic Spines

Publicated to: IEEE Transactions on Haptics. 7 (4): 486-498 - 2014-12-01 7(4), DOI: 10.1109/TOH.2014.2354041

Authors:

Corenthy, L; Garcia, M; Bayona, S; Santuy, A; San Martin, J; Benavides-Piccione, R; DeFelipe, J; Pastor, L
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Affiliations

Rey Juan Carlos Univ - Author
Univ Politecn Madrid - Author
Univ Politecn Madrid, CSIC - Author
Univ Politecn Madrid, Ctr Tecnol Biomed, Lab Cajal Circuitos Cort - Author
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Abstract

Dendritic spines are thin protrusions that cover the dendritic surface of numerous neurons in the brain and whose function seems to play a key role in neural circuits. The correct segmentation of those structures is difficult due to their small size and the resulting spines can appear incomplete. This paper presents a four-step procedure for the complete reconstruction of dendritic spines. The haptically driven procedure is intended to work as an image processing stage before the automatic segmentation step giving the final representation of the dendritic spines. The procedure is designed to allow both the navigation and the volume image editing to be carried out using a haptic device. A use case employing our procedure together with a commercial software package for the segmentation stage is illustrated. Finally, the haptic editing is evaluated in two experiments; the first experiment concerns the benefits of the force feedback and the second checks the suitability of the use of a haptic device as input. In both cases, the results shows that the procedure improves the editing accuracy.
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Keywords

Haptically assisted segmentationIdentificationIncomplete dendritic spinesNeuronSegmentationVolume haptics

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal IEEE Transactions on Haptics due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2014, it was in position 10/24, thus managing to position itself as a Q2 (Segundo Cuartil), in the category Computer Science, Cybernetics. Notably, the journal is positioned en el Cuartil Q2 para la agencia Scopus (SJR) en la categoría Human-Computer Interaction.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2026-04-25:

  • WoS: 1
  • Scopus: 1
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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2026-04-25:

  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 20 (PlumX).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: https://oa.upm.es/38819/

As a result of the publication of the work in the institutional repository, statistical usage data has been obtained that reflects its impact. In terms of dissemination, we can state that, as of

  • Views: 452
  • Downloads: 397
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (CORENTHY, LOIC) .

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Awards linked to the item

This work was supported by grants from the following entities: the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (grant from Cajal Blue Brain Project, Spanish partner of the Blue Brain Project initiative from EPFL) and the European Commission (HBP: Human Brain Project-FET Flagship HBP604102 and RaSimAS: Regional Anaesthesia Simulator and Assistant-FP7-ICT 610425).
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