2023-12-22: The seventh challenge edition has been accepted for ISBI 2024.
2023-08-01: The Cell Segmentation Benchmark and the Cell Tracking Benchmark have been opened for online generalizable submissions.
2023-05-18: New paper that comprehensively analyzes the results collected over the 10-year existence of the challenge is out.
Past News
2021-05-09: More detailed information about individual ISBI 2021 secondary track participants has been released.
2021-04-13: The leaderboards for the Cell Segmentation Benchmark and the Cell Tracking Benchmark have been updated by including all ISBI 2021 secondary track submissions. A detailed information about individual ISBI 2021 secondary track participants will be released soon.
2021-02-11: A document containing
practical information on the evaluation of submissions received by and after March 1st, 2021, has been released.
2021-01-15: The new silver reference segmentation annotations for 13 existing datasets have been released.
2021-01-15: The dataset repository has been extended by one new dataset, Fluo-C2DL-Huh7.
2021-01-15: The final primary track qualification thresholds and all the algorithms qualified for the ISBI 2021 primary track competition have been announced.
2021-01-15: The leaderboards for the Cell Segmentation Benchmark and the Cell Tracking Benchmark have been updated by including all primary track qualification submissions received in December 2020.
2021-01-15: The gold reference tracking annotations have been completed for the PhC-C2DL-PSC training dataset. Furthermore, both PhC-C2DL-PSC training sequences have been shortened to 300 frames, thus having the same length as the PhC-C2DL-PSC challenge sequences.
2021-01-15: Minor changes to the gold reference segmentation annotations of the BF-C2DL-MuSC, Fluo-C2DL-MSC, Fluo-C3DH-H157, Fluo-C3DL-MDA231, Fluo-N2DL-HeLa, and Fluo-N3DH-CE training datasets have been made, consisting in removing several single-pixel connected components and in renumbering of colliding labels for several segmentation masks.
2020-10-30: The qualification, evaluation, and ranking criteria for the sixth challenge edition have been released.
2020-10-21: The sixth challenge edition has been accepted for ISBI 2021.
2020-06-22: The command-line software packages have been updated by fixing a bug in consistency checks for the PhC-C2DL-PSC training sequences with incomplete tracking annotations.
2020-06-11: The Windows command-line software package has been updated to support the same subset of TIFF compression schemes as its Linux and Mac alternatives, all being distributed as 64-bit command-line executables.
2020-06-05: More detailed information about individual ISBI 2020 participants has been released.
2020-04-03: The leaderboards for the Cell Segmentation Benchmark and the Cell Tracking Benchmark have been updated by including all ISBI 2020 submissions. A detailed information about individual ISBI 2020 participants will be released soon.
2020-03-17: All FTP accounts allowing the registered participants to upload segmentation and/or tracking results have been enabled again.
2020-02-20: A document containingpractical information on the evaluation of submissions received by and after March 1st, 2020, has been released.
2020-01-08: The dataset repository has been extended by new embryonic image data, Fluo-N3DL-TRIF.
2020-01-08: The silver reference segmentation annotations have been released for the DIC-C2DH-HeLa, Fluo-C2DL-MSC, Fluo-C3DH-H157, Fluo-C3DL-MDA231, Fluo-N2DH-GOWT1, Fluo-N2DL-HeLa, Fluo-N3DH-CHO, PhC-C2DH-U373, and PhC-C2DL-PSC training datasets.
2020-01-08: A minor change to the annotations of the Fluo-N2DL-HeLa training dataset has been made, consisting in removing one single-frame track.
2019-11-30: The dataset repository has been extended by two new types of bright-field microscopy image data, BF-C2DL-HSC and BF-C2DL-MuSC.
2019-11-30: The scores for the Fluo-N3DH-CE and Fluo-N3DL-DRO datasets have been updated, reflecting minor changes to the reference annotations caused by several missing parental links and inconsistent merging of segmentation masks for Fluo-N3DH-CE, and several tracks initiated later than in the very first frames of the Fluo-N3DL-DRO sequences. Furthermore, the second challenge sequence of the Fluo-N3DH-CE dataset has been shortened from 190 to 140 frames to exclude a biologically unclear part.
2019-11-10: The fifth challenge edition has been accepted for ISBI 2020.
2019-08-08: The information on inter-annotator variability for individual datasets within the Cell Segmentation Benchmark and the Cell Tracking Benchmark has been released.
2019-07-01: The folder structure of all FTP accounts has been updated to accept both segmentation and tracking results for the Fluo-N3DL-DRO and Fluo-N3DL-TRIC datasets, which are treated differently, with respect to extra detected and segmented cells, in both benchmarks.
2019-07-01: The command-line software packages that implement the DET, SEG, and TRA measures have been extended by supporting temporal indexing for sequences longer than 1000 frames, and different treatment of extra cells detected and segmented in both benchmarks for the Fluo-N3DL-DRO and Fluo-N3DL-TRIC datasets.
2019-06-17: More detailed information about individual ISBI 2019 participants has been released.
2019-05-01: The entire dataset repository has been made publicly available. No prior registration is needed for accessing the datasets.
2019-04-28: A minor change to the annotations of the Fluo-N3DL-TRIC training dataset has been made, consisting in better centering of several tracking markers within the cell volumes.
2019-04-25: A minor change to the annotations of the PhC-C2DL-PSC training dataset has been made, consisting in renumbering of colliding labels for several segmentation masks.
2019-04-08: The leaderboards for the Cell Segmentation Benchmark and the Cell Tracking Benchmark have been updated by including all ISBI 2019 submissions. A detailed information about individual ISBI 2019 participants will be released soon.
2019-03-15: All FTP accounts allowing the registered participants to upload segmentation and/or tracking results have been enabled again.
2019-03-09: The instructions on the format ofCell Segmentation Benchmark submissions for the Fluo-N3DL-DRO and Fluo-N3DL-TRIC datasets have been updated.
2019-02-28: A document containingpractical information on the evaluation of new submissions received by and after March 1st, 2019, has been released.
2019-02-18: A minor change to the annotations of the PhC-C2DH-U373 training dataset has been made, consisting in removing two single-frame tracks.
2019-01-24: A minor change to the annotations of the Fluo-N2DH-GOWT1 training dataset has been made, consisting in adding a few markers for dim nuclei.
2019-01-23: The folder structure of all registered accounts has been updated to accept both segmentation and tracking results for the ISBI 2019 datasets.
2018-12-20: The dataset repository has been extended by three new types of image data, collectively denoted as ISBI 2019 datasets.
2021-04-13: The leaderboards for the Cell Segmentation Benchmark and the Cell Tracking Benchmark have been updated by including all ISBI 2021 secondary track submissions. A detailed information about individual ISBI 2021 secondary track participants will be released soon.
2021-02-11: A document containing
practical information on the evaluation of submissions received by and after March 1st, 2021, has been released.2021-01-15: The new silver reference segmentation annotations for 13 existing datasets have been released.
2021-01-15: The dataset repository has been extended by one new dataset, Fluo-C2DL-Huh7.
2021-01-15: The final primary track qualification thresholds and all the algorithms qualified for the ISBI 2021 primary track competition have been announced.
2021-01-15: The leaderboards for the Cell Segmentation Benchmark and the Cell Tracking Benchmark have been updated by including all primary track qualification submissions received in December 2020.
2021-01-15: The gold reference tracking annotations have been completed for the PhC-C2DL-PSC training dataset. Furthermore, both PhC-C2DL-PSC training sequences have been shortened to 300 frames, thus having the same length as the PhC-C2DL-PSC challenge sequences.
2021-01-15: Minor changes to the gold reference segmentation annotations of the BF-C2DL-MuSC, Fluo-C2DL-MSC, Fluo-C3DH-H157, Fluo-C3DL-MDA231, Fluo-N2DL-HeLa, and Fluo-N3DH-CE training datasets have been made, consisting in removing several single-pixel connected components and in renumbering of colliding labels for several segmentation masks.
2020-10-30: The qualification, evaluation, and ranking criteria for the sixth challenge edition have been released.
2020-10-21: The sixth challenge edition has been accepted for ISBI 2021.
2020-06-22: The command-line software packages have been updated by fixing a bug in consistency checks for the PhC-C2DL-PSC training sequences with incomplete tracking annotations.
2020-06-11: The Windows command-line software package has been updated to support the same subset of TIFF compression schemes as its Linux and Mac alternatives, all being distributed as 64-bit command-line executables.
2020-06-05: More detailed information about individual ISBI 2020 participants has been released.
2020-04-03: The leaderboards for the Cell Segmentation Benchmark and the Cell Tracking Benchmark have been updated by including all ISBI 2020 submissions. A detailed information about individual ISBI 2020 participants will be released soon.
2020-03-17: All FTP accounts allowing the registered participants to upload segmentation and/or tracking results have been enabled again.
2020-02-20: A document containing
practical information on the evaluation of submissions received by and after March 1st, 2020, has been released.2020-01-08: The dataset repository has been extended by new embryonic image data, Fluo-N3DL-TRIF.
2020-01-08: The silver reference segmentation annotations have been released for the DIC-C2DH-HeLa, Fluo-C2DL-MSC, Fluo-C3DH-H157, Fluo-C3DL-MDA231, Fluo-N2DH-GOWT1, Fluo-N2DL-HeLa, Fluo-N3DH-CHO, PhC-C2DH-U373, and PhC-C2DL-PSC training datasets.
2020-01-08: A minor change to the annotations of the Fluo-N2DL-HeLa training dataset has been made, consisting in removing one single-frame track.
2019-11-30: The dataset repository has been extended by two new types of bright-field microscopy image data, BF-C2DL-HSC and BF-C2DL-MuSC.
2019-11-30: The scores for the Fluo-N3DH-CE and Fluo-N3DL-DRO datasets have been updated, reflecting minor changes to the reference annotations caused by several missing parental links and inconsistent merging of segmentation masks for Fluo-N3DH-CE, and several tracks initiated later than in the very first frames of the Fluo-N3DL-DRO sequences. Furthermore, the second challenge sequence of the Fluo-N3DH-CE dataset has been shortened from 190 to 140 frames to exclude a biologically unclear part.
2019-11-10: The fifth challenge edition has been accepted for ISBI 2020.
2019-08-08: The information on inter-annotator variability for individual datasets within the Cell Segmentation Benchmark and the Cell Tracking Benchmark has been released.
2019-07-01: The folder structure of all FTP accounts has been updated to accept both segmentation and tracking results for the Fluo-N3DL-DRO and Fluo-N3DL-TRIC datasets, which are treated differently, with respect to extra detected and segmented cells, in both benchmarks.
2019-07-01: The command-line software packages that implement the DET, SEG, and TRA measures have been extended by supporting temporal indexing for sequences longer than 1000 frames, and different treatment of extra cells detected and segmented in both benchmarks for the Fluo-N3DL-DRO and Fluo-N3DL-TRIC datasets.
2019-06-17: More detailed information about individual ISBI 2019 participants has been released.
2019-05-01: The entire dataset repository has been made publicly available. No prior registration is needed for accessing the datasets.
2019-04-28: A minor change to the annotations of the Fluo-N3DL-TRIC training dataset has been made, consisting in better centering of several tracking markers within the cell volumes.
2019-04-25: A minor change to the annotations of the PhC-C2DL-PSC training dataset has been made, consisting in renumbering of colliding labels for several segmentation masks.
2019-04-08: The leaderboards for the Cell Segmentation Benchmark and the Cell Tracking Benchmark have been updated by including all ISBI 2019 submissions. A detailed information about individual ISBI 2019 participants will be released soon.
2019-03-15: All FTP accounts allowing the registered participants to upload segmentation and/or tracking results have been enabled again.
2019-03-09: The instructions on the format of
Cell Segmentation Benchmark submissions for the Fluo-N3DL-DRO and Fluo-N3DL-TRIC datasets have been updated.2019-02-28: A document containing
practical information on the evaluation of new submissions received by and after March 1st, 2019, has been released.2019-02-18: A minor change to the annotations of the PhC-C2DH-U373 training dataset has been made, consisting in removing two single-frame tracks.
2019-01-24: A minor change to the annotations of the Fluo-N2DH-GOWT1 training dataset has been made, consisting in adding a few markers for dim nuclei.
2019-01-23: The folder structure of all registered accounts has been updated to accept both segmentation and tracking results for the ISBI 2019 datasets.
2018-12-20: The dataset repository has been extended by three new types of image data, collectively denoted as ISBI 2019 datasets.