基于微流控芯片的流式线虫机器学习图像识别系统

Streamline nematode machine learning image recognition system based on microfluidic chip

  • 摘要: 秀丽隐杆线虫(Caenorhabditis elegans,以下简称线虫)作为一种体内模式生物被广泛应用于药物筛选、神经生物学等研究中。生理指标(体长等)是线虫研究的重要部分,利用图像识别进行线虫形态特征研究相比传统方法具有精度高的优点。近年来微流控芯片由于其特征尺度与线虫大小尺度匹配、易于自动化等优点,被越来越多地应用在细胞与微米尺度生物的研究中。文章介绍了一种基于微流控芯片的流式线虫图像识别系统,该系统利用设计的微流控芯片,实现单线虫快速流过检测通道,通过搭建的基于机器学习的机器视觉模块,在流动过程中对线虫形态特征进行快速分类,分类结果可作为后续分选操作的依据。

     

    Abstract: As a kind of in vivo model organism, C. elegans(hereinafter referred to as nematode) is widely used in drug screening and neurobiology research. Physiological index(body length, etc.) is an important part of nematode research. The use of image recognition to study the morphological characteristics of nematodes has higher precision than traditional methods. In recent years, microfluidic chips have been increasingly used in the study of cells and microscale organisms due to their characteristic scale matching with nematode size scale and easy automation. This paper introduces a nematode image recognition system based on microfluidic chip. The system uses the designed microfluidic chip to realize the rapid flow of single-worms through the detection channel, and builds a machine-based machine vision module based on machine learning. The morphological characteristics of nematodes were quickly classified, and the classification results could be used as the basis for subsequent sorting operations.

     

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