Roadmap on deep learning for microscopy
Reviewartikel, 2026

Through digital imaging, microscopy has evolved from primarily being a means for visual observation of life at the micro- and nano-scale, to a quantitative tool with ever-increasing resolution and throughput. Artificial intelligence, deep neural networks, and machine learning (ML) are all niche terms describing computational methods that have gained a pivotal role in microscopy-based research over the past decade. This Roadmap encompasses key aspects of how ML is applied to microscopy image data, with the aim of gaining scientific knowledge by improved image quality, automated detection, segmentation, classification and tracking of objects, and efficient merging of information from multiple imaging modalities. We aim to give the reader an overview of the key developments and an understanding of possibilities and limitations of ML for microscopy. It will be of interest to a wide cross-disciplinary audience in the physical sciences and life sciences.

AI

deep learning

microscopy

imaging

Författare

Giovanni Volpe

Institutionen för fysik, GU

Göteborgs universitet

Carolina Wahlby

Uppsala universitet

Lei Tian

Boston Univ, Dept Biomed Engn

Boston University

Michael Hecht

Ctr Adv Syst Understanding CASUS

Uniwersytet Wrocławski

Helmholtz Zentrum Dresden Rossendorf e V HZDR

Artur Yakimovich

Helmholtz Zentrum Dresden Rossendorf e V HZDR

Roche Diagnost GmbH

University College London (UCL)

Uniwersytet Wrocławski

Ctr Adv Syst Understanding CASUS

Artificial Intelligence Life Sci CIC

Kristina Monakhova

University of California

Laura Waller

University of California

Ivo F. Sbalzarini

Technische Universität Dresden

Ctr Syst Biol Dresden

Christopher A. Metzler

University of Maryland

Mingyang Xie

University of Maryland

Kevin Zhang

University of Maryland

Isaac C. D. Lenton

University of Queensland

Inst Sci & Technol Austria ISTA

Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop

University of Queensland

ARC CoE Quantum Biotechnol

Daniel Brunner

Univ Franche Comte

Bijie Bai

Univ Calif Los Angeles, Dept Elect & Comp Engn

Aydogan Ozcan

Univ Calif Los Angeles, Dept Elect & Comp Engn

Daniel Midtvedt

Göteborgs universitet

Hao Wang

Boston University

Tongyu Li

Boston University

Natasa Sladoje

Uppsala universitet

Joakim Lindblad

Uppsala universitet

Jason T. Smith

ECS Fed

Rensselaer Polytech Inst, Dept Biomed Engn

Marien Ochoa

Univ Wisconsin Madison, Dept Med Phys

Uppsala universitet

Margarida Barroso

Albany Med Coll, Dept Mol & Cellular Physiol

Xavier Intes

Rensselaer Polytech Inst, Dept Biomed Engn

Tong Qiu

MIT, Res Lab Elect Elect Engn & Comp Sci

Li-Yu Yu

MIT, Res Lab Elect Elect Engn & Comp Sci

Sixian You

MIT, Res Lab Elect Elect Engn & Comp Sci

Yongtao Liu

Oak Ridge Natl Lab, Ctr Nanophase Mat Sci

Maxim A. Ziatdinov

Oak Ridge Natl Lab, Ctr Nanophase Mat Sci

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Kalinin

Univ Tennessee, Dept Mat Sci & Engn

Arlo Sheridan

Salk Institute for Biological Studies

Uri Manor

Salk Institute for Biological Studies

Univ Calif San Diego, Halicioglu Data Sci Inst

Univ Calif San Diego, Dept Cell & Dev Biol

Elias Nehme

Technion IIT

Ofri Goldenberg

Technion IIT

Yoav Shechtman

Technion IIT

Henrik Klein Moberg

Chalmers, Fysik, Kemisk fysik

Christoph Langhammer

Chalmers, Fysik, Kemisk fysik

Barbora Spackova

Czech Academy of Sciences

Saga Helgadottir

Uppsala universitet

Stockholms universitet

Benjamin Midtvedt

Göteborgs universitet

Aykut Argun

Göteborgs universitet

Tobias Thalheim

Universität Leipzig

Frank Cichos

Universität Leipzig

Stefano Bo

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

King's College London

Lars Hubatsch

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

Jesus Pineda

Göteborgs universitet

Carlo Manzo

Univ Cent Catalunya UV UCC

Inst Recerca i Innovacio Ciencies Vida i Salut Cat

Harshith Bachimanchi

Göteborgs universitet

Erik Selander

Lunds universitet

Antoni Homs-Corbera

SAS

OWL Lifesci

Martin Franzl

Universität Leipzig

Kevin De Haan

Univ Calif Los Angeles, Dept Elect & Comp Engn

Yair Rivenson

Univ Calif Los Angeles, Dept Elect & Comp Engn

Zofia Korczak

Göteborgs universitet

Caroline Beck Adiels

Göteborgs universitet

Mite Mijalkov

Karolinska Institutet

Daniel Vereb

Karolinska Institutet

Yu-Wei Chang

Göteborgs universitet

Joana B. Pereira

Karolinska Institutet

Damian Matuszewski

Uppsala universitet

Gustaf Kylberg

VINNOVA Swedens Innovat Agcy

Ida-Maria Sintorn

Uppsala universitet

VINNOVA Swedens Innovat Agcy

Juan C. Caicedo

Univ Wisconsin Madison, Morgridge Inst Res

Beth A. Cimini

Broad Inst Harvard & MIT, Canc Program

Muyinatu A. Lediju Bell

Johns Hopkins Univ, Dept Biomed Engn & Comp Sci

Johns Hopkins University

Bruno M. Saraiva

Inst Gulbenkian Ciencias

Guillaume Jacquemet

Åbo Akademi

Turun Yliopisto

Ricardo Henriques

Inst Gulbenkian Ciencias

University College London (UCL)

Wei Ouyang

Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan (KTH)

Trang Le

Stanford Univ, Dept Bioengn

Estibaliz Gomez-de-Mariscal

Universidade NOVA de Lisboa

Inst Gulbenkian Ciencias

Gulbenkian Inst Mol Med

Daniel Sage

Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)

Arrate Munoz-Barrutia

Inst Invest Sanit Gregorio Maranon

Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Ebba Josefson Lindqvist

AI Sweden

Johanna Bergman

AI Sweden

JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-PHOTONICS

2515-7647 (ISSN)

Vol. 8 1 012501

Ämneskategorier (SSIF 2025)

Medicinsk bildvetenskap

DOI

10.1088/2515-7647/ae0fd1

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Senast uppdaterat

2026-02-25