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ArticleNature methods2025

Physics-driven self-supervised learning for fast high-resolution robust 3D reconstruction of light-field microscopy.

Zhi Lu, Manchang Jin, Shuai Chen, Xiaoge Wang, Feihao Sun, Qi Zhang, Zhifeng Zhao, Jiamin Wu, Jingyu Yang, Qionghai Dai

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Article in Nature methods, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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10 authors.

Zhi Lu *Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3739-8756
Manchang Jin *Institute for Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0001-8504-5878
Shuai ChenDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tongji Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.
Xiaoge WangDepartment of Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Feihao SunDepartment of Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0008-6426-3527
Qi ZhangDepartment of Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Zhifeng ZhaoDepartment of Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Jiamin WuDepartment of Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. wujiamin@tsinghua.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3479-1026
Jingyu YangSchool of Electrical and Information Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China. yjy@tju.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7521-7920
Qionghai DaiDepartment of Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. qhdai@tsinghua.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7043-3061

Funding

China Postdoctoral Science Foundation 2023M741963National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 62088102National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 62222508National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 62231018Natural Science Foundation of Beijing Municipality (Beijing Natural Science Foundation) 4254114Natural Science Foundation of Beijing Municipality (Beijing Natural Science Foundation) Z240011
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Light-field microscopy (LFM) and its variants have significantly advanced intravital high-speed 3D imaging. However, their practical applications remain limited due to trade-offs among processing speed, fidelity, and generalization in existing reconstruction methods. Here we propose a physics-driven self-supervised reconstruction network (SeReNet) for unscanned LFM and scanning LFM (sLFM) to achieve near-diffraction-limited resolution at millisecond-level processing speed. SeReNet leverages 4D information priors to not only achieve better generalization than existing deep-learning methods, especially under challenging conditions such as strong noise, optical aberration, and sample motion, but also improve processing speed by 700 times over iterative tomography. Axial performance can be further enhanced via fine-tuning as an optional add-on with compromised generalization. We demonstrate these advantages by imaging living cells, zebrafish embryos and larvae, Caenorhabditis elegans, and mice. Equipped with SeReNet, sLFM now enables continuous day-long high-speed 3D subcellular imaging with over 300,000 volumes of large-scale intercellular dynamics, such as immune responses and neural activities, leading to widespread practical biological applications.

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Image Processing, Computer-AssistedImaging, Three-DimensionalMicroscopySupervised Machine LearningAlgorithmsAnimalsCaenorhabditis elegansDeep LearningEmbryo, NonmammalianLarvaMiceZebrafish

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