A semi-automated cell tracking protocol for quantitative analyses of neutrophil swarming to sterile and S. aureus contaminated bone implants in a mouse femur model

• Sashank Lekkala,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Center for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6638-9029

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• Youliang Ren,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Center for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

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• Jason Weeks,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

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• Kevin Lee,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Center for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0009-0007-1271-4464

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• Allie Jia Hui Tay,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Center for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

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• Bei Liu,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

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• Thomas Xue,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Center for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

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• Joshua Rainbolt,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9867-5027

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• Chao Xie,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Center for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6197-2506

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• Edward M. Schwarz ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ShuChi_Yeh@URMC.Rochester.edu (SCAY); Edward_Schwarz@URMC.rochester.edu (EMS)

  Affiliations Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Center for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4854-9698

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• Shu-Chi A. Yeh

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ShuChi_Yeh@URMC.Rochester.edu (SCAY); Edward_Schwarz@URMC.rochester.edu (EMS)

  Affiliations Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Center for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Department of Physiology/Pharmacology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1898-9665

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