Opportunities and challenges for deep learning in cell dynamics research.

Journal: Trends in cell biology
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Abstract

The growth of artificial intelligence (AI) has led to an increase in the adoption of computer vision and deep learning (DL) techniques for the evaluation of microscopy images and movies. This adoption has not only addressed hurdles in quantitative analysis of dynamic cell biological processes but has also started to support advances in drug development, precision medicine, and genome-phenome mapping. We survey existing AI-based techniques and tools, as well as open-source datasets, with a specific focus on the computational tasks of segmentation, classification, and tracking of cellular and subcellular structures and dynamics. We summarise long-standing challenges in microscopy video analysis from a computational perspective and review emerging research frontiers and innovative applications for DL-guided automation in cell dynamics research.

Authors

  • Binghao Chai
    School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences, Queen Mary University of London (QMUL), London E1 4NS, UK.
  • Christoforos Efstathiou
    School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences, Queen Mary University of London , London, UK.
  • Haoran Yue
    School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences, Queen Mary University of London , London, UK.
  • Viji M Draviam
    School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences, Queen Mary University of London , London, UK.