MSSR

MSSR applies a Mean Shift–based super-resolution algorithm to enhance fluorescence microscopy images and extend spatial resolution beyond the diffraction limit, achieving a theoretical resolution limit of 40 nm.


Key Features:

  • Mean Shift super-resolution: Employs a Mean Shift–based algorithm to extend spatial resolution beyond the diffraction limit.
  • Theoretical resolution: Reaches a theoretical resolution limit of 40 nm under optimized imaging conditions.
  • Fluorophore density robustness: Performs effectively across both low and high fluorophore densities without being constrained by optical setup architecture.
  • Single-frame and temporal processing: Processes individual images as well as temporal image stacks.
  • Denoising: Incorporates advanced denoising capabilities that surpass other super-resolution microscopy (SRM) approaches.
  • Multidimensional and live-cell applicability: Applicable to multidimensional imaging and live cell imaging experiments.

Scientific Applications:

  • Sub-cellular structure visualization: Enables visualization of finer sub-cellular structures in fluorescence microscopy.
  • Cellular biology studies: Supports detailed structural studies in cellular biology requiring enhanced spatial resolution.
  • Molecular dynamics and localization: Facilitates molecular dynamics and high-resolution localization analyses.
  • Time-resolved/live imaging: Supports analysis of time-series and live-cell experiments through temporal stack processing.

Methodology:

Computational implementation uses a Mean Shift–based super-resolution algorithm with integrated denoising and supports processing of single images and temporal image stacks, achieving a theoretical 40 nm resolution under optimized conditions.

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Details

License:
Not licensed
Cost:
Free of charge
Tool Type:
plugin
Operating Systems:
Mac, Linux, Windows
Programming Languages:
Python, R
Added:
2/20/2023
Last Updated:
2/20/2023

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Publications

Torres-García E, Pinto-Cámara R, Linares A, Martínez D, Abonza V, Brito-Alarcón E, Calcines-Cruz C, Valdés-Galindo G, Torres D, Jabloñski M, Torres-Martínez HH, Martínez JL, Hernández HO, Ocelotl-Oviedo JP, Garcés Y, Barchi M, D’Antuono R, Bošković A, Dubrovsky JG, Darszon A, Buffone MG, Morales RR, Rendon-Mancha JM, Wood CD, Hernández-García A, Krapf D, Crevenna ÁH, Guerrero A. Extending resolution within a single imaging frame. Nature Communications. 2022;13(1). doi:10.1038/s41467-022-34693-9. PMID:36460648. PMCID:PMC9718789.

PMID: 36460648
PMCID: PMC9718789
Funding: - Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología: A1-S-9236, IN204221, IN211216, IN211821 - Ministry of Science, Technology and Productive Innovation, Argentina | Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica: PICT 2017-3047 - Silicon Valley Community Foundation: 2021-240504, GBI-0000000093 - National Science Foundation: 2102832

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