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ArticleNature methods2019

BigStitcher: reconstructing high-resolution image datasets of cleared and expanded samples.

David Hörl, Fabio Rojas Rusak, Friedrich Preusser, Paul Tillberg, Nadine Randel, Raghav K Chhetri, Albert Cardona, Philipp J Keller, Hartmann Harz, Heinrich Leonhardt and 2 more

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12 authors.

David Hörl *Department of Biology II, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1710-1708
Fabio Rojas Rusak *Cardiovascular and Metabolic Sciences, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association, Berlin, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0637-9467
Friedrich PreusserBerlin Institute for Medical Systems Biology, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association, Berlin, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8231-2195
Paul TillbergJanelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, VA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2568-2365
Nadine RandelJanelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, VA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7817-4137
Raghav K ChhetriJanelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, VA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6039-4505
Albert CardonaJanelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, VA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4941-6536
Philipp J KellerJanelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, VA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2896-4920
Hartmann HarzDepartment of Biology II, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany.
Heinrich LeonhardtDepartment of Biology II, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5086-6449
Mathias TreierCardiovascular and Metabolic Sciences, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association, Berlin, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8751-1246
Stephan PreibischBerlin Institute for Medical Systems Biology, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association, Berlin, Germany. stephan.preibisch@mdc-berlin.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0276-494X

Funding

Medical Research Council MC_UP_1201/21
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Light-sheet imaging of cleared and expanded samples creates terabyte-sized datasets that consist of many unaligned three-dimensional image tiles, which must be reconstructed before analysis. We developed the BigStitcher software to address this challenge. BigStitcher enables interactive visualization, fast and precise alignment, spatially resolved quality estimation, real-time fusion and deconvolution of dual-illumination, multitile, multiview datasets. The software also compensates for optical effects, thereby improving accuracy and enabling subsequent biological analysis.

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SoftwareAnimalsBrainCaenorhabditis elegansDrosophilaFemaleGreen Fluorescent ProteinsImage Processing, Computer-AssistedImaging, Three-DimensionalMiceMicroscopy, FluorescenceGreen Fluorescent Proteins

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