Tutorials

Here you can find tutorials on how to use the pyTFM clickpoints addon, how to work on clickpoints databases without using the GUI, and how to use pyTFM on its own.

Contents:

• Analyzing Cell Colonies with Clickpoints
  • About this Tutorial
  • The Data
  • Opening Clickpoints and sorting Images
  • Correction of Stage Drift
  • Setting Parameters
  • Calculating Traction and Deformation Fields
  • Quantifying Force Generation
  • Measuring Stresses, the Cell-Cell Force Transfer, counting Cells and measuring the Colony Area
  • Understanding the Output File
  • Plotting the Results
• Using pyTFM in Python
  • Calculating Deformation Fields
  • Calculating Traction Fields
  • Quantifying the Force Generation
  • Measuring Stresses in Cell Colonies
  • Calculating the Line Tension