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ArticleNature communications2025

Optimized molecule detection in localization microscopy with selected false positive probability.

Miroslav Hekrdla, David Roesel, Niklas Hansen, Soumya Frederick, Khalilullah Umar, Vladimíra Petráková

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Miroslav HekrdlaJ. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czechia. miroslav.hekrdla@jh-inst.cas.cz.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2847-2993
David RoeselJ. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czechia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3894-4499
Niklas HansenJ. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czechia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8474-0011
Soumya FrederickJ. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czechia.
Khalilullah UmarJ. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czechia.
Vladimíra PetrákováJ. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czechia. vladimira.petrakova@jh-inst.cas.cz.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2123-7253

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Akademie Věd České Republiky (Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic) LQ200402101Grantová Agentura České Republiky (Grant Agency of the Czech Republic) 21-17847MMinisterstvo Školství, Mládeže a Tělovýchovy (Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports) LM2023066
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Abstract

Single-molecule localization microscopy (SMLM) allows imaging beyond the diffraction limit. Detection of molecules is a crucial initial step in SMLM. False positive detections, which are not quantitatively controlled in current methods, are a source of artifacts that affect the entire SMLM analysis pipeline. Furthermore, current methods lack standardization, which hinders reproducibility. Here, we present an optimized molecule detection method which combines probabilistic thresholding with theoretically optimal filtering. The probabilistic thresholding enables control over false positive detections while optimal filtering minimizes false negatives. A theoretically optimal Poisson matched filter is used as a performance benchmark to evaluate existing filtering methods. Overall, our approach allows the detection of molecules in a robust, single-parameter and user-unbiased manner. This will minimize artifacts and enable data reproducibility in SMLM.

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