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ArticleCell reports methods2026

Unsupervised deep learning enables blur-free resolution enhancement in two-photon microscopy.

Haruhiko Morita, Shuto Hayashi, Takahiro Tsuji, Daisuke Kato, Hiroaki Wake, Teppei Shimamura

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Haruhiko MoritaDepartment of Computational and Systems Biology, Division of Biological Data Science, Medical Research Laboratory, Institute of Integrated Research, Institute of Science Tokyo, Yushima, Bunkyoku, Tokyo 113-8510, Japan. Electronic address: morita.h.a284@m.isct.ac.jp.
Shuto HayashiDepartment of Computational and Systems Biology, Division of Biological Data Science, Medical Research Laboratory, Institute of Integrated Research, Institute of Science Tokyo, Yushima, Bunkyoku, Tokyo 113-8510, Japan; Innovation Center of NanoMedicine, Kawasaki Institute of Industrial Promotion, 3-25-14 Tonomachi, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki 210-0821, Japan. Electronic address: hayashi.s.b51f@m.isct.ac.jp.
Takahiro TsujiNagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Anatomy and Molecular Cell Biology, Tsurumaicho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8560, Japan.
Daisuke KatoDepartment of Physiology, Nippon Medical School Graduate School of Medicine, 1-25-16 Nezu, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0031, Japan.
Hiroaki WakeDepartment of Anatomy and Molecular Cell Biology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan; Division of Multicellular Circuit Dynamics, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, National Institute of Natural Sciences, 38 Nishigonaka, Myodaiji-cho, Okazaki, Japan.
Teppei ShimamuraDepartment of Computational and Systems Biology, Division of Biological Data Science, Medical Research Laboratory, Institute of Integrated Research, Institute of Science Tokyo, Yushima, Bunkyoku, Tokyo 113-8510, Japan. Electronic address: shimamura.t.743c@m.isct.ac.jp.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Two-photon microscopy enables the non-invasive imaging of deep living tissue. Quantitative three-dimensional analysis is hampered by axial blur and anisotropic resolution in two-photon microscopy. We introduce the two-photon microscopy image enhancement network (TENET), a fully unsupervised framework that simultaneously performs deblurring, up to 12× resolution enhancement, and semantic segmentation on two-photon microscopy volumes in a single pass. TENET embeds a physics-informed blur-generation module with a trainable neural implicit point spread function (PSF), requiring only approximate PSF initialization rather than rigorous experimental measurement, paired "unblurred" images, or isotropy assumptions. On synthetic images, fluorescent beads, and in vivo microglia datasets, TENET surpasses the total-variation-regularized Richardson-Lucy (RLTV) algorithm, CARE, and Neuroclear in image fidelity and segmentation accuracy. Using time-lapse images of microglia surrounding metastatic brain tumors, TENET enables automated 3D morphometry that reveals dynamic microglia-tumor interactions. By converting blur-limited two-photon microscopy data into high-fidelity volumetric reconstructions with ready-to-use masks, TENET streamlines downstream analysis and expands the reach of deep-tissue live imaging.

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Deep LearningMicroscopy, Fluorescence, MultiphotonUnsupervised Machine LearningAlgorithmsAnimalsBrain NeoplasmsHumansImage Processing, Computer-AssistedImaging, Three-DimensionalMiceMicrogliaCP: imagingCP: systems biologymultiphoton excitation microscopy, unsupervised machine learning, autoencoder, microglia

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PMCPMC13494536

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