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Super resolution-based methodology for self-supervised segmentation of microscopy images.

Vidya Bommanapally¹, Dilanga Abeyrathna¹, Parvathi Chundi¹

¹Department of Computer Science, University of Nebraska, Omaha, NE, United States.

Frontiers in Microbiology

|March 27, 2024

Summary

Improving microscopy image quality with machine learning (ML)-based super-resolution (SR) enhances downstream analysis. Super-resolution techniques boost ML model performance in image segmentation tasks by 2%-6%.

Keywords:

image resolution image segmentation microscopy images self-supervised learning super-resolution

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Area of Science:

Bioengineering
Biotechnology
Medical Image Analysis
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Machine Learning (ML)

Background:

AI/ML image analysis is crucial for microscopy in life sciences.
High-quality microscopy images are essential but often challenging to obtain.
Diverse experimental conditions impact image quality and subsequent analysis.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the impact of ML-based super-resolution (SR) on microscopy image quality.
To integrate SR techniques into ML-based image analysis pipelines for segmentation.
To evaluate the performance enhancement of segmentation tasks using SR-improved images.

Main Methods:

Four Generative Adversarial Network (GAN) and transformer-based SR techniques were applied.
Image quality was assessed using three established metrics, including Perception-based Image Quality Evaluator (PIQE).
SR techniques were integrated into supervised and self-supervised deep network pipelines for semantic segmentation.

Main Results:

Microscopy image quality directly influences ML model performance.
SR-enhanced images improved segmentation performance by 2%-6% in both supervised and self-supervised pipelines.
A PIQE metric improvement range of [20-64] was identified as a threshold for effective SR implementation.

Conclusions:

ML-based super-resolution significantly enhances microscopy image quality and subsequent segmentation accuracy.
SR techniques offer a valuable pre-processing step for improving AI/ML-driven biological image analysis.
A versatile software platform was developed for integrating SR with deep learning segmentation models.