Micro-CT for biological and biomedical studies: a comparison of imaging techniques

K Keklikoglou, C Arvanitidis, G Chatzigeorgiou… - Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Several imaging techniques are used in biological and biomedical studies. Micro-computed
tomography (micro-CT) is a non-destructive imaging technique that allows the rapid …

Big data in transfusion medicine and artificial intelligence analysis for red blood cell quality control

MGM Lopes, SM Recktenwald, G Simionato… - Transfusion Medicine …, 2023 - karger.com
Background:“Artificial intelligence” and “big data” increasingly take the step from just being
interesting concepts to being relevant or even part of our lives. This general statement holds …

A diffusion model predicts 3d shapes from 2d microscopy images

DJE Waibel, E Röell, B Rieck… - 2023 IEEE 20th …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Diffusion models are a special type of generative model, capable of synthesising new data
from a learnt distribution. We introduce DISPR, a diffusion-based model for solving the …

Erysense, a lab-on-a-chip-based point-of-care device to evaluate red blood cell flow properties with multiple clinical applications

SM Recktenwald, MGM Lopes, S Peter, S Hof… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
In many medical disciplines, red blood cells are discovered to be biomarkers since they
“experience” various conditions in basically all organs of the body. Classical examples are …

Structural and mechanical properties of the red blood cell's cytoplasmic membrane seen through the lens of biophysics

S Himbert, MC Rheinstädter - Frontiers in Physiology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Red blood cells (RBCs) are the most abundant cell type in the human body and critical
suppliers of oxygen. The cells are characterized by a simple structure with no internal …

Lift at low Reynolds number

L Bureau, G Coupier, T Salez - The European Physical Journal E, 2023 - Springer
Lift forces are widespread in hydrodynamics. These are typically observed for big and fast
objects and are often associated with a combination of fluid inertia (ie large Reynolds …

Euler characteristic transform based topological loss for reconstructing 3D images from single 2D slices

KV Nadimpalli, A Chattopadhyay… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - openaccess.thecvf.com
The computer vision task of reconstructing 3D images, ie, shapes, from their single 2D
image slices is extremely challenging, more so in the regime of limited data. Deep learning …

The erythrocyte sedimentation rate and its relation to cell shape and rigidity of red blood cells from chorea-acanthocytosis patients in an off-label treatment with …

A Rabe, A Kihm, A Darras, K Peikert, G Simionato… - Biomolecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Background: Chorea-acanthocytosis (ChAc) is a rare hereditary neurodegenerative disease
with deformed red blood cells (RBCs), so-called acanthocytes, as a typical marker of the …

Computer vision quantitation of erythrocyte shape abnormalities provides diagnostic, prognostic, and mechanistic insight

BH Foy, JA Stefely, PK Bendapudi… - Blood …, 2023 - ashpublications.org
Examination of red blood cell (RBC) morphology in peripheral blood smears can help
diagnose hematologic diseases, even in resource-limited settings, but this analysis remains …

[HTML][HTML] Combining imaging flow cytometry and machine learning for high-throughput schistocyte quantification: a SVM classifier development and external validation …

J Demagny, C Roussel, M Le Guyader, E Guiheneuf… - …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Schistocyte counts are a cornerstone of the diagnosis of thrombotic
microangiopathy syndrome (TMA). Their manual quantification is complex and alternative …