• Advanced Photonics Nexus
  • Vol. 4, Issue 3, 036007 (2025)
Yuanzheng Ma1,†, Davit Khutsishvili1, Zihan Zang2, Wei Yue3..., Zhen Guo4, Tao Feng1, Zitian Wang1, Liwei Lin3, Shaohua Ma1,* and Xun Guan1,*|Show fewer author(s)
Author Affiliations
  • 1Tsinghua University, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Shenzhen, China
  • 2University of California, Department of Bioengineering, Los Angeles, California, United States
  • 3University of California, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Berkeley, California, United States
  • 4Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
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    DOI: 10.1117/1.APN.4.3.036007 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Yuanzheng Ma, Davit Khutsishvili, Zihan Zang, Wei Yue, Zhen Guo, Tao Feng, Zitian Wang, Liwei Lin, Shaohua Ma, Xun Guan, "PLayer: a plug-and-play embedded neural system to boost neural organoid 3D reconstruction," Adv. Photon. Nexus 4, 036007 (2025) Copy Citation Text show less

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    Neural organoids and confocal microscopy have the potential to play an important role in microconnectome research to understand neural patterns. We present PLayer, a plug-and-play embedded neural system, which demonstrates the utilization of sparse confocal microscopy layers to interpolate continuous axial resolution. With an embedded system focused on neural network pruning, image scaling, and post-processing, PLayer achieves high-performance metrics with an average structural similarity index of 0.9217 and a peak signal-to-noise ratio of 27.75 dB, all within 20 s. This represents a significant time saving of 85.71% with simplified image processing. By harnessing statistical map estimation in interpolation and incorporating the Vision Transformer–based Restorer, PLayer ensures 2D layer consistency while mitigating heavy computational dependence. As such, PLayer can reconstruct 3D neural organoid confocal data continuously under limited computational power for the wide acceptance of fundamental connectomics and pattern-related research with embedded devices.
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    Yuanzheng Ma, Davit Khutsishvili, Zihan Zang, Wei Yue, Zhen Guo, Tao Feng, Zitian Wang, Liwei Lin, Shaohua Ma, Xun Guan, "PLayer: a plug-and-play embedded neural system to boost neural organoid 3D reconstruction," Adv. Photon. Nexus 4, 036007 (2025)
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