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. 2011 Nov 3;6(11):e26901. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0026901

Figure 1. Cell track analysis.

Figure 1

(A) Examples of cell trajectories lasting 50 min obtained at a cell density of Inline graphic. Red arrows represent starting points. (Inline graphic); (BC) Typical cell tracks, with their origins brought to a common point, are shown for (B) a condition of fast cell displacement (under a perfusion flow of 30 mL/h), and (C) a condition of slow cell displacement (same cell density without flow). (Inline graphic); (D) Inline graphic divided by time lag as a function of time lag for 3 typical cell conditions: red crosses, fast moving cells Inline graphic; blue crosses, intermediate moving cells Inline graphic; black crosses: slow moving cells Inline graphic. Solid lines are fits using the Fürth's formula. This plot reveals an overshoot at 2 min. The slower the cells, the larger the overshoot; (E) Mean Square Displacement (Inline graphic) as a function of time lag Inline graphic in log-log scale. Green lines: individual Inline graphic for each tracked cells, revealing the large dispersion of our population. Black bold line: Average Inline graphic of all tracked cells; (F) Velocity autocorrelation C(t) as a function of time lag for the same cell conditions as (D), showing a negative peak at 2 min.