Improving axial resolution in Structured Illumination Microscopy using deep learning.

Journal: Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences
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Abstract

Structured Illumination Microscopy (SIM) is a widespread methodology to image live and fixed biological structures smaller than the diffraction limits of conventional optical microscopy. Using recent advances in image up-scaling through deep learning models, we demonstrate a method to reconstruct 3D SIM image stacks with twice the axial resolution attainable through conventional SIM reconstructions. We further demonstrate our method is robust to noise and evaluate it against two-point cases and axial gratings. Finally, we discuss potential adaptions of the method to further improve resolution. This article is part of the Theo Murphy meeting issue 'Super-resolution structured illumination microscopy (part 1)'.

Authors

  • Miguel A Boland
    Department of Mathematics, Imperial College, London, UK.
  • Edward A K Cohen
    Department of Mathematics, Imperial College, London, UK.
  • Seth R Flaxman
    Department of Mathematics, Imperial College, South Kensington Campus, 180 Queen's Gate, London SW7 2RH, UK.
  • Mark A A Neil
    Department of Physics, Imperial College, London, UK.