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ArticleNature methods2021

Real-time volumetric reconstruction of biological dynamics with light-field microscopy and deep learning.

Zhaoqiang Wang, Lanxin Zhu, Hao Zhang, Guo Li, Chengqiang Yi, Yi Li, Yicong Yang, Yichen Ding, Mei Zhen, Shangbang Gao and 2 more

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Article in Nature methods, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 88 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

88 citing papers in PubMed, 226 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Zhaoqiang Wang *School of Optical and Electronic Information-Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Lanxin Zhu *School of Optical and Electronic Information-Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Hao Zhang *School of Optical and Electronic Information-Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Guo LiSchool of Optical and Electronic Information-Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Chengqiang YiSchool of Optical and Electronic Information-Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Yi LiSchool of Optical and Electronic Information-Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Yicong YangSchool of Optical and Electronic Information-Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Yichen DingDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6242-3506
Mei ZhenLunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0086-9622
Shangbang GaoCollege of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China. sgao@hust.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5431-4628
Tzung K HsiaiDepartment of Bioengineering, Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA. THsiai@mednet.ucla.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1734-0792
Peng FeiSchool of Optical and Electronic Information-Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China. feipeng@hust.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3764-817X
Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics · CNUniversity of California, Los Angeles · USHuazhong University of Science and Technology · CNMount Sinai Hospital · CA

Funding

Shear Stress and Light-Sheets to Study Cardiac TrabeculationR01HL129727 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI HSIAI, TZUNG K, MARSDEN, ALISON L · 2015 to 2024
$3.5M
Electronica Impedance to Access Metabolically Active PlaqueR01HL118650 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI HSIAI, TZUNG K · 2014 to 2022
$3.3M
Micro-Sensors to Study Electrical and Mechanical Coupling of Injured MyocardiumR01HL111437 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI HSIAI, TZUNG K, XU, XIAOLEI · 2012 to 2020
$3.1M
Intravascular Deployment of a Wirelessly Powered Micro-PacerR01HL149808 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI Tzung K Hsiai · 2020 to 2026
$2.8M
Integrating Volumetric Light-Field with Computational Fluid Dynamics to Study Myocardial Trabeculation and FunctionR01HL159970 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI HSIAI, TZUNG K, MARSDEN, ALISON L · 2021 to 2024
$2.0M
Integrating imaging and computation to characterize neural crest cells in the myocardial development and regenerationR00HL148493 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS DALLAS · PI DING, YICHEN · 2020 to 2022
$730k
Integrating imaging and computation to characterize neural crest cells in the myocardial development and regenerationK99HL148493 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI DING, YICHEN · 2019 to 2019
$117k
Exercise-Induced Shear Stress Modulates Metabolic Pathways for Vascular Repair and ProtectionI01BX004356 · VA · VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM · PI HSIAI, TZUNG K · 2019 to 2024
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Light-field microscopy has emerged as a technique of choice for high-speed volumetric imaging of fast biological processes. However, artifacts, nonuniform resolution and a slow reconstruction speed have limited its full capabilities for in toto extraction of dynamic spatiotemporal patterns in samples. Here, we combined a view-channel-depth (VCD) neural network with light-field microscopy to mitigate these limitations, yielding artifact-free three-dimensional image sequences with uniform spatial resolution and high-video-rate reconstruction throughput. We imaged neuronal activities across moving Caenorhabditis elegans and blood flow in a beating zebrafish heart at single-cell resolution with volumetric imaging rates up to 200 Hz.

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Deep LearningAnimalsBehavior, AnimalBiomechanical PhenomenaCaenorhabditis elegansHeartImage Processing, Computer-AssistedMicroscopyMotor ActivityNeuronsZebrafish

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PMID33574612
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