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CellSium: versatile cell simulator for microcolony ground truth generation.

Christian Carsten Sachs¹, Karina Ruzaeva^1,2, Johannes Seiffarth^1,3

¹Institute of Bio- and Geosciences, IBG-1: Biotechnology, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52425 Jülich, Germany.

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CellSium is a new cell simulator that generates realistic images of bacterial microcolonies for training deep learning models. These synthetic images are suitable for developing advanced segmentation tools in microfluidic live-cell imaging.

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Area of Science:

Microfluidics
Live-cell imaging
Computational biology

Background:

Deep learning models require large ground truth datasets for training.
Microfluidic live-cell imaging presents unique challenges for data acquisition.
Generating realistic synthetic data is crucial for advancing biological image analysis.

Purpose of the Study:

To introduce CellSium, a novel cell simulator for synthesizing realistic image sequences of bacterial microcolonies.
To provide a tool that addresses the need for large ground truth datasets in microfluidic live-cell imaging.
To demonstrate the utility of simulated images for training neural networks.

Main Methods:

CellSium is a flexibly configurable simulator developed in Python.
It synthesizes realistic image sequences of bacterial microcolonies growing in monolayers.
Supports synthetic time-lapse videos with and without fluorescence, programmable cell growth models, and 3D colony geometries.

Main Results:

The simulated images generated by CellSium are suitable for training deep learning-based segmentation models.
CellSium facilitates the creation of diverse synthetic datasets for various imaging conditions.
The software supports advanced features like fluorescence simulation and integration with computational fluid dynamics.

Conclusions:

CellSium effectively addresses the need for large ground truth datasets in microfluidic live-cell imaging.
The synthetic data generated by CellSium can significantly aid in the development and training of neural networks for cell segmentation.
CellSium is a valuable, open-source resource for researchers in computational biology and live-cell imaging.