cp_measure: API-first feature extraction for image-based profiling workflows

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2507.01163v1
• Date: Tue, 01 Jul 2025 19:51:32 GMT
• Title: cp_measure: API-first feature extraction for image-based profiling workflows
• Authors: Alán F. Muñoz, Tim Treis, Alexandr A. Kalinin, Shatavisha Dasgupta, Fabian Theis, Anne E. Carpenter, Shantanu Singh,
• Abstract summary: cp_measure is a Python library that extracts CellProfiler's core measurement capabilities into a modular API-first tool for programmatic feature extraction.<n>We demonstrate that cp_measure features retain high fidelity with CellProfiler features while enabling seamless integration with the scientific Python ecosystem.
• Score: 36.86093674833253
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Biological image analysis has traditionally focused on measuring specific visual properties of interest for cells or other entities. A complementary paradigm gaining increasing traction is image-based profiling - quantifying many distinct visual features to form comprehensive profiles which may reveal hidden patterns in cellular states, drug responses, and disease mechanisms. While current tools like CellProfiler can generate these feature sets, they pose significant barriers to automated and reproducible analyses, hindering machine learning workflows. Here we introduce cp_measure, a Python library that extracts CellProfiler's core measurement capabilities into a modular, API-first tool designed for programmatic feature extraction. We demonstrate that cp_measure features retain high fidelity with CellProfiler features while enabling seamless integration with the scientific Python ecosystem. Through applications to 3D astrocyte imaging and spatial transcriptomics, we showcase how cp_measure enables reproducible, automated image-based profiling pipelines that scale effectively for machine learning applications in computational biology.

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