A generative benchmark for evaluating the performance of fluorescent cell image segmentation

Fluorescent cell imaging technology is fundamental in life science research, offering a rich source of image data crucial for understanding cell spatial positioning, differentiation, and decision-making mechanisms. As the volume of this data expands, precise image analysis becomes increasingly criti...

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Main Authors: Jun Tang, Wei Du, Zhanpeng Shu, Zhixing Cao
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Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2024-12-01
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description Fluorescent cell imaging technology is fundamental in life science research, offering a rich source of image data crucial for understanding cell spatial positioning, differentiation, and decision-making mechanisms. As the volume of this data expands, precise image analysis becomes increasingly critical. Cell segmentation, a key analysis step, significantly influences quantitative analysis outcomes. However, selecting the most effective segmentation method is challenging, hindered by existing evaluation methods' inaccuracies, lack of graded evaluation, and narrow assessment scope. Addressing this, we developed a novel framework with two modules: StyleGAN2-based contour generation and Pix2PixHD-based image rendering, producing diverse, graded-density cell images. Using this dataset, we evaluated three leading cell segmentation methods: DeepCell, CellProfiler, and CellPose. Our comprehensive comparison revealed CellProfiler's superior accuracy in segmenting cytoplasm and nuclei. Our framework diversifies cell image data generation and systematically addresses evaluation challenges in cell segmentation technologies, establishing a solid foundation for advancing research and applications in cell image analysis.
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spelling doaj-art-b12795f8053f4a42877faff8c2475b6a2024-12-15T06:16:00ZengKeAi Communications Co., Ltd.Synthetic and Systems Biotechnology2405-805X2024-12-0194627637A generative benchmark for evaluating the performance of fluorescent cell image segmentationJun Tang0Wei Du1Zhanpeng Shu2Zhixing Cao3State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China; MOE Key Laboratory of Smart Manufacturing in Energy Chemical Process, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, ChinaMOE Key Laboratory of Smart Manufacturing in Energy Chemical Process, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China; Corresponding author. East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China.College of Electrical Engineering, Shanghai Dianji University, Shanghai, 201306, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China; Corresponding author. East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China.Fluorescent cell imaging technology is fundamental in life science research, offering a rich source of image data crucial for understanding cell spatial positioning, differentiation, and decision-making mechanisms. As the volume of this data expands, precise image analysis becomes increasingly critical. Cell segmentation, a key analysis step, significantly influences quantitative analysis outcomes. However, selecting the most effective segmentation method is challenging, hindered by existing evaluation methods' inaccuracies, lack of graded evaluation, and narrow assessment scope. Addressing this, we developed a novel framework with two modules: StyleGAN2-based contour generation and Pix2PixHD-based image rendering, producing diverse, graded-density cell images. Using this dataset, we evaluated three leading cell segmentation methods: DeepCell, CellProfiler, and CellPose. Our comprehensive comparison revealed CellProfiler's superior accuracy in segmenting cytoplasm and nuclei. Our framework diversifies cell image data generation and systematically addresses evaluation challenges in cell segmentation technologies, establishing a solid foundation for advancing research and applications in cell image analysis.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405805X24000802Fluorescent imagesGenerative adversarial networksBiological image analysisCell segmentation
spellingShingle Jun Tang
Wei Du
Zhanpeng Shu
Zhixing Cao
A generative benchmark for evaluating the performance of fluorescent cell image segmentation
Synthetic and Systems Biotechnology
Fluorescent images
Generative adversarial networks
Biological image analysis
Cell segmentation
title A generative benchmark for evaluating the performance of fluorescent cell image segmentation
title_full A generative benchmark for evaluating the performance of fluorescent cell image segmentation
title_fullStr A generative benchmark for evaluating the performance of fluorescent cell image segmentation
title_full_unstemmed A generative benchmark for evaluating the performance of fluorescent cell image segmentation
title_short A generative benchmark for evaluating the performance of fluorescent cell image segmentation
title_sort generative benchmark for evaluating the performance of fluorescent cell image segmentation
topic Fluorescent images
Generative adversarial networks
Biological image analysis
Cell segmentation
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405805X24000802
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