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    • Computational Imaging
    • Artificial Intelligence in Microscopy

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    • Virtual staining offers rapid optical microscopic imaging for tissue pathology, bypassing traditional chemical staining.
    • Generative models like CycleGAN enable unsupervised virtual staining but face challenges with large, high-resolution images and domain transfer.
    • Patch-wise processing can cause artifacts, and transferring between staining modalities requires extensive customization.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To develop a generalizable virtual staining framework for optical microscopy.
    • To improve accuracy and visual quality in virtual staining of large-scale, high-resolution whole-slide images.
    • To address limitations of patch-wise processing and domain-specific tuning in generative models.

    Main Methods:

    • Introduction of a value mapping generative adversarial network (VM-GAN) utilizing a value mapping constraint loss function.
    • Development of a confidence-based tiling method to reduce boundary inconsistencies from patch-wise processing.
    • Validation of the framework across diverse staining protocols and imaging conditions.

    Main Results:

    • VM-GAN demonstrates superior accuracy and visual quality compared to existing methods.
    • The framework effectively mitigates boundary artifacts and ensures continuity in virtual staining.
    • Experiments confirm the robustness and scalability of VM-GAN for high-resolution microscopy.

    Conclusions:

    • VM-GAN provides a robust and scalable solution for virtual staining in optical microscopy.
    • The proposed framework enhances the efficiency and reliability of digital pathology workflows.
    • This technology has the potential to significantly impact tissue analysis and diagnostics.