arXiv:2602.21195cs.CV2026-02被引 1

直接分割膜结构兴趣区并分析其形态,提升冷冻电镜三维成像的定量效率。

Region of Interest Segmentation and Morphological Analysis for Membranes in Cryo-Electron Tomography

  • 两阶段框架:先用深度学习直接分割感兴趣区域,再对点云和网格进行形态分析。
  • 可处理开闭表面,准确提取膜间距、曲率、粗糙度等定量特征。
  • 适用于复杂膜结构,如囊泡内陷,适合生物成像研究者使用。

冷冻电子断层扫描(cryo-ET)可实现生物结构(包括膜与膜蛋白)的高分辨率三维重建。识别兴趣区域(ROIs)是科学成像的核心,能隔离并定量分析复杂数据集中的特定结构特征。然而,实际中通常通过完整结构分割后进行事后分析间接获得ROI,这对连续且几何复杂的结构(如膜)尤为受限,因膜常被整体分割。本文提出TomoROIS-SurfORA两步框架,实现形状无关的直接ROI分割与形态表面分析。TomoROIS基于深度学习进行ROI分割,可从少量标注数据训练,适用于多种成像数据。SurfORA将分割结果作为点云与网格处理,提取膜间距、曲率、表面粗糙度等定量形态特征,支持开闭表面,特别考虑了因缺失楔形效应在cryo-ET中常见的开放表面。我们在体外重构的含变形囊泡系统中验证该方法,实现了膜接触位点及内陷等重塑事件的自动定量分析。该方法不仅适用于cryo-ET膜数据,亦可推广至更广泛的科学成像中的ROI检测与表面分析。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET) enables high resolution, three-dimensional reconstruction of biological structures, including membranes and membrane proteins. Identification of regions of interest (ROIs) is central to scientific imaging, as it enables isolation and quantitative analysis of specific structural features within complex datasets. In practice, however, ROIs are typically derived indirectly through full structure segmentation followed by post hoc analysis. This limitation is especially apparent for continuous and geometrically complex structures such as membranes, which are segmented as single entities. Here, we developed TomoROIS-SurfORA, a two step framework for direct, shape-agnostic ROI segmentation and morphological surface analysis. TomoROIS performs deep learning-based ROI segmentation and can be trained from scratch using small annotated datasets, enabling practical application across diverse imaging data. SurfORA processes segmented structures as point clouds and surface meshes to extract quantitative morphological features, including inter-membrane distances, curvature, and surface roughness. It supports both closed and open surfaces, with specific considerations for open surfaces, which are common in cryo-ET due to the missing wedge effect. We demonstrate both tools using in vitro reconstituted membrane systems containing deformable vesicles with complex geometries, enabling automatic quantitative analysis of membrane contact sites and remodeling events such as invagination. While demonstrated here on cryo-ET membrane data, the combined approach is applicable to ROI detection and surface analysis in broader scientific imaging contexts.

冷冻电镜图像分割形态分析膜结构

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