Bayesian deep-learning structured illumination microscopy enables reliable super-resolution imaging with uncertainty quantification

Tao Liu, Jiahao Liu, Dong Li, Shan Tan

Nature Communications 2025 article cited by 30

importance 6/10 solved Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques cell microscopy stage: research

Deep-learning reconstructions of structured illumination microscopy can produce unreliable super-resolution images, risking biological misinterpretation.

Unreliable super-resolution images can lead to false biological conclusions in live-cell research.

BayesDL-SIM, a Bayesian deep learning method, enhances SIM reconstruction of densely labeled structures and quantifies super-resolution uncertainty, identifying and preventing erroneous generalizations.

No numeric benchmarks in abstract; qualitative gains in reconstruction fidelity and reliability stated

Provides a peer-reviewed method for uncertainty-aware, reliable super-resolution live-cell imaging.

Venue Nature Communications
Published 2025
Work type article
Authors Tao Liu, Jiahao Liu, Dong Li, Shan Tan
Citations 30 (OpenAlex, at import time)
References 53
Model or method BayesDL-SIM (Bayesian deep learning)
Organization not stated in source
Primary source https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-60093-w
Open access gold
Keywords structured illumination microscopy, Bayesian deep learning, uncertainty quantification, super-resolution, live-cell imaging
6 / 10

significant — thousands to millions affected

Reliable super-resolution live-cell imaging affects biological research broadly; a genuinely new uncertainty-quantification capability, but no scale stated.

Basis: inferred. Judged from the source text, which gives no explicit scale. Stated scale: not stated in source. Method and limits.

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