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ArticleNature machine intelligence2023

Resolution enhancement with a task-assisted GAN to guide optical nanoscopy image analysis and acquisition.

Catherine Bouchard, Theresa Wiesner, Andréanne Deschênes, Anthony Bilodeau, Benoît Turcotte, Christian Gagné, Flavie Lavoie-Cardinal

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Article in Nature machine intelligence, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19 citing papers in PubMed, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Catherine BouchardInstitute Intelligence and Data (IID), Université Laval, Quebec City, Quebec Canada.
Theresa WiesnerInstitute Intelligence and Data (IID), Université Laval, Quebec City, Quebec Canada.
Andréanne DeschênesCERVO Brain Research Center, Quebec City, Quebec Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-9275-4621
Anthony BilodeauInstitute Intelligence and Data (IID), Université Laval, Quebec City, Quebec Canada.
Benoît TurcotteInstitute Intelligence and Data (IID), Université Laval, Quebec City, Quebec Canada.
Christian GagnéInstitute Intelligence and Data (IID), Université Laval, Quebec City, Quebec Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-3697-4184
Flavie Lavoie-CardinalInstitute Intelligence and Data (IID), Université Laval, Quebec City, Quebec Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-4496-5088
Brain Physiology Lab · FRUniversité Laval · CA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Super-resolution fluorescence microscopy methods enable the characterization of nanostructures in living and fixed biological tissues. However, they require the adjustment of multiple imaging parameters while attempting to satisfy conflicting objectives, such as maximizing spatial and temporal resolution while minimizing light exposure. To overcome the limitations imposed by these trade-offs, post-acquisition algorithmic approaches have been proposed for resolution enhancement and image-quality improvement. Here we introduce the task-assisted generative adversarial network (TA-GAN), which incorporates an auxiliary task (for example, segmentation, localization) closely related to the observed biological nanostructure characterization. We evaluate how the TA-GAN improves generative accuracy over unassisted methods, using images acquired with different modalities such as confocal, bright-field, stimulated emission depletion and structured illumination microscopy. The TA-GAN is incorporated directly into the acquisition pipeline of the microscope to predict the nanometric content of the field of view without requiring the acquisition of a super-resolved image. This information is used to automatically select the imaging modality and regions of interest, optimizing the acquisition sequence by reducing light exposure. Data-driven microscopy methods like the TA-GAN will enable the observation of dynamic molecular processes with spatial and temporal resolutions that surpass the limits currently imposed by the trade-offs constraining super-resolution microscopy.

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Cellular neuroscienceImage processingMachine learningSuper-resolution microscopy

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PMID37615032
PMCPMC10442226
OpenAlexW4385360935

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