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ArticlePatterns (New York, N.Y.)2024

VONet: A deep learning network for 3D reconstruction of organoid structures with a minimal number of confocal images.

Euijeong Song, Minsuh Kim, Siyoung Lee, Hui-Wen Liu, Jihyun Kim, Dong-Hee Choi, Roger Kamm, Seok Chung, Ji Hun Yang, Tae Hwan Kwak

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Article in Patterns (New York, N.Y.), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed.

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10 authors.

Euijeong SongNext&Bio, Seoul, South Korea.
Minsuh KimSchool of Mechanical Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea.
Siyoung LeeNext&Bio, Seoul, South Korea.
Hui-Wen LiuSchool of Mechanical Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea.
Jihyun KimNext&Bio, Seoul, South Korea.
Dong-Hee ChoiSchool of Mechanical Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea.
Roger KammDepartment of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Seok ChungSchool of Mechanical Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea.
Ji Hun YangNext&Bio, Seoul, South Korea.
Tae Hwan KwakNext&Bio, Seoul, South Korea.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Organoids and 3D imaging techniques are crucial for studying human tissue structure and function, but traditional 3D reconstruction methods are expensive and time consuming, relying on complete z stack confocal microscopy data. This paper introduces VONet, a deep learning-based system for 3D organoid rendering that uses a fully convolutional neural network to reconstruct entire 3D structures from a minimal number of z stack images. VONet was trained on a library of over 39,000 virtual organoids (VOs) with diverse structural features and achieved an average intersection over union of 0.82 in performance validation. Remarkably, VONet can predict the structure of deeper focal plane regions, unseen by conventional confocal microscopy. This innovative approach and VO dataset offer significant advancements in 3D bioimaging technologies.

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3D imaging techniques (3D bioimaging)3D organoid rendering systemdeep neural networkorganoidsvirtual organoidsVOs

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PMID39569212
PMCPMC11573902

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