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ArticleHistochemistry and cell biology2022

Weighted average ensemble-based semantic segmentation in biological electron microscopy images.

Kavitha Shaga Devan, Hans A Kestler, Clarissa Read, Paul Walther

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Article in Histochemistry and cell biology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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4 authors.

Kavitha Shaga DevanCentral Facility of Electron Microscopy, Ulm University, Albert Einstein-Allee 11, 89081, Ulm, Germany. kavitha.shaga-devan@uni-ulm.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0745-9167
Hans A KestlerMedical Systems Biology, Ulm University, Albert Einstein-Alee 11, 89081, Ulm, Germany.
Clarissa ReadCentral Facility of Electron Microscopy, Ulm University, Albert Einstein-Allee 11, 89081, Ulm, Germany.
Paul WaltherCentral Facility of Electron Microscopy, Ulm University, Albert Einstein-Allee 11, 89081, Ulm, Germany.

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Baden-Württemberg Stiftung ABEM
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Semantic segmentation of electron microscopy images using deep learning methods is a valuable tool for the detailed analysis of organelles and cell structures. However, these methods require a large amount of labeled ground truth data that is often unavailable. To address this limitation, we present a weighted average ensemble model that can automatically segment biological structures in electron microscopy images when trained with only a small dataset. Thus, we exploit the fact that a combination of diverse base-learners is able to outperform one single segmentation model. Our experiments with seven different biological electron microscopy datasets demonstrate quantitative and qualitative improvements. We show that the Grad-CAM method can be used to interpret and verify the prediction of our model. Compared with a standard U-Net, the performance of our method is superior for all tested datasets. Furthermore, our model leverages a limited number of labeled training data to segment the electron microscopy images and therefore has a high potential for automated biological applications.

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Image Processing, Computer-AssistedSemanticsMicroscopy, ElectronArtificial intelligenceAutomated image analysisDeep learningElectron microscopyEnsemble-based machine learningSemantic segmentation

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PMID35988009
PMCPMC9630254

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