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Yuanjie Gu¹, Yiqun Wang^1,2, Ang Xuan¹

¹College of Biomedical Engineering, Yiwu Research Institute, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.

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We developed a self-supervised volumetric biomedical imaging denoiser (VALID) that uses 3D spatial coherence to effectively reduce noise in optical imaging. VALID enhances structural fidelity across various imaging types without needing paired data.

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Area of Science:

Biomedical imaging
Computational imaging
Deep learning

Background:

Optical volumetric imaging faces significant noise challenges, degrading image quality more than planar imaging.
Deep learning offers denoising potential, but supervised methods require impractical paired datasets.
Existing self-supervised methods do not fully utilize the inherent 3D structural information in volumetric optical data.

Purpose of the Study:

To introduce a novel self-supervised denoising method for optical volumetric biomedical imaging.
To leverage intrinsic 3D spatial coherence for efficient volumetric denoising.
To enhance structural fidelity in challenging imaging scenarios.

Main Methods:

Developed a self-supervised volumetric biomedical imaging denoiser (VALID).
Employed a self-supervised orthogonal learning framework.
Utilized intrinsic three-dimensional spatial coherence for denoising.

Main Results:

VALID demonstrated robust denoising across diverse modalities (2- and 3-photon microscopy, light-field microscopy, OCT).
Substantially enhanced structural fidelity in deep-tissue, multimodal, and dynamic imaging.
Achieved computational efficiency and zero-shot adaptability.

Conclusions:

VALID offers a transformative approach to volumetric image enhancement.
The method provides structure-aware precision for biomedical imaging.
Enables high-quality volumetric imaging even with limited photon budgets and scattering.