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The Multi-modality Cell Segmentation Challenge: Towards Universal Solutions

Image and Video Processing 2024-04-02 v2 Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Machine Learning Quantitative Methods

Abstract

Cell segmentation is a critical step for quantitative single-cell analysis in microscopy images. Existing cell segmentation methods are often tailored to specific modalities or require manual interventions to specify hyper-parameters in different experimental settings. Here, we present a multi-modality cell segmentation benchmark, comprising over 1500 labeled images derived from more than 50 diverse biological experiments. The top participants developed a Transformer-based deep-learning algorithm that not only exceeds existing methods but can also be applied to diverse microscopy images across imaging platforms and tissue types without manual parameter adjustments. This benchmark and the improved algorithm offer promising avenues for more accurate and versatile cell analysis in microscopy imaging.

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@article{arxiv.2308.05864,
  title  = {The Multi-modality Cell Segmentation Challenge: Towards Universal Solutions},
  author = {Jun Ma and Ronald Xie and Shamini Ayyadhury and Cheng Ge and Anubha Gupta and Ritu Gupta and Song Gu and Yao Zhang and Gihun Lee and Joonkee Kim and Wei Lou and Haofeng Li and Eric Upschulte and Timo Dickscheid and José Guilherme de Almeida and Yixin Wang and Lin Han and Xin Yang and Marco Labagnara and Vojislav Gligorovski and Maxime Scheder and Sahand Jamal Rahi and Carly Kempster and Alice Pollitt and Leon Espinosa and Tâm Mignot and Jan Moritz Middeke and Jan-Niklas Eckardt and Wangkai Li and Zhaoyang Li and Xiaochen Cai and Bizhe Bai and Noah F. Greenwald and David Van Valen and Erin Weisbart and Beth A. Cimini and Trevor Cheung and Oscar Brück and Gary D. Bader and Bo Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2308.05864},
  year   = {2024}
}

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NeurIPS22 Cell Segmentation Challenge: https://neurips22-cellseg.grand-challenge.org/ . Nature Methods (2024)

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