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- Title
PhaseFIT: live-organoid phase-fluorescent image transformation via generative AI.
- Authors
Zhao, Junhan; Wang, Xiyue; Zhu, Junyou; Chukwudi, Chijioke; Finebaum, Andrew; Zhang, Jun; Yang, Sen; He, Shijie; Saeidi, Nima
- Abstract
Organoid models have provided a powerful platform for mechanistic investigations into fundamental biological processes involved in the development and function of organs. Despite the potential for image-based phenotypic quantification of organoids, their complex 3D structure, and the time-consuming and labor-intensive nature of immunofluorescent staining present significant challenges. In this work, we developed a virtual painting system, PhaseFIT (phase-fluorescent image transformation) utilizing customized and morphologically rich 2.5D intestinal organoids, which generate virtual fluorescent images for phenotypic quantification via accessible and low-cost organoid phase images. This system is driven by a novel segmentation-informed deep generative model that specializes in segmenting overlap and proximity between objects. The model enables an annotation-free digital transformation from phase-contrast to multi-channel fluorescent images. The virtual painting results of nuclei, secretory cell markers, and stem cells demonstrate that PhaseFIT outperforms the existing deep learning-based stain transformation models by generating fine-grained visual content. We further validated the efficiency and accuracy of PhaseFIT to quantify the impacts of three compounds on crypt formation, cell population, and cell stemness. PhaseFIT is the first deep learning-enabled virtual painting system focused on live organoids, enabling large-scale, informative, and efficient organoid phenotypic quantification. PhaseFIT would enable the use of organoids in high-throughput drug screening applications. PhaseFIT is a cutting-edge, segmentation-informed generative AI which effortlessly transforms one dimensional phase contrast images into rich, multi-channel fluorescent visuals for rapid, annotation-free phenotypic quantification, setting a new standard for high content drug screening applications.
- Publication
Light: Science & Applications, 2023, Vol 12, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2047-7538
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/s41377-023-01296-y