# Multicolor localization microscopy by deep learning

Source: [Multicolor localization microscopy by deep learning](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa37f61e209131ce8b699c>)

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Authors: Eran Hershko\*, Lucien E. Weiss\*, Tomer Michaeli, Yoav Shechtman

Published: 2018-07-04T15:24:15.000Z

## Abstract

Deep learning has become an extremely effective tool for image classification and image restoration problems. Here, we apply deep learning to microscopy, and demonstrate how neural networks can exploit the chromatic dependence of the point-spread function to classify the colors of single emitters imaged on a grayscale camera. While existing single-molecule methods for spectral classification require additional optical elements in the emission path, e.g. spectral filters, prisms, or phase masks, our neural net correctly identifies static as well as mobile emitters with high efficiency using a standard, unmodified single-channel configuration. Furthermore, we demonstrate how deep learning can be used to design phase-modulating elements that, when implemented into the imaging path, result in further improved color differentiation between species.

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## Original sources and implementation

[Original paper](<https://arxiv.org/abs/1807.01637>)

[PDF](<https://arxiv.org/pdf/1807.01637.pdf>)