arXiv:2604.07890cs.CV2026-04中稿 · The 11th IEEE Work…

提出稀疏3D重建方法,让有限预算下也能实现可靠的组织空间分析。

Sampling-Aware 3D Spatial Analysis in Multiplexed Imaging

  • 基于表型和距离约束,跨切片关联细胞并用类型特异性形状先验恢复3D位置。
  • 平面采样对全局细胞丰度稳定但局部统计(如细胞聚集)方差大,尤其对稀有群体。
  • 给出切片间距、覆盖范围与冗余的权衡策略,指导实际成像预算分配。

高多重显微技术可在单细胞分辨率下丰富表征组织空间结构,但多数分析仍依赖二维切片,而组织本身具有三维结构。在空间蛋白质组学中获取密集体积数据成本高且技术挑战大,研究者常需在二维切片或稀疏三维切片间权衡。本文研究采样几何对常用空间统计量稳定性的影响,提出一种几何感知重建模块,可从串行切片中实现稀疏但一致的三维分析。通过受控模拟发现,平面采样能可靠恢复全局细胞类型丰度,但局部统计(如细胞聚类、细胞-细胞互作)方差显著,尤其对稀有或空间局域化群体。真实多路数据集也显示,交互指标和邻近关系在不同切片间波动剧烈。为支持稀疏三维分析,我们提出一种方法:利用表型与邻近性约束连接相邻切片中的细胞投影,并结合细胞类型特异性形状先验恢复单细胞3D坐标。进一步分析切片间距、覆盖范围与冗余之间的权衡,识别出在固定成像预算下最大化重建效用的采集方案。在公开的成像质谱流式数据集上验证了重建模块性能,并在自研CODEX数据集上展示其下游价值——使原本在二维不可靠的结构级三维分析成为可能。结果提供诊断工具与实用指导,帮助判断何时二维采样足够,何时需进行稀疏三维重建。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Highly multiplexed microscopy enables rich spatial characterization of tissues at single-cell resolution, yet most analyses rely on two-dimensional sections despite inherently three-dimensional tissue organization. Acquiring dense volumetric data in spatial proteomics remains costly and technically challenging, leaving practitioners to choose between 2D sections or 3D serial sections under limited imaging budgets. In this work, we study how sampling geometry impacts the stability of commonly used spatial statistics, and we introduce a geometry-aware reconstruction module that enables sparse yet consistent 3D analysis from serial sections. Using controlled simulations, we show that planar sampling reliably recovers global cell-type abundance but exhibits high variance for local statistics such as cell clustering and cell-cell interactions, particularly for rare or spatially localized populations. We observe consistent behavior in real multiplexed datasets, where interaction metrics and neighborhood relationships fluctuate substantially across individual sections. To support sparse 3D analysis in practice, we present a reconstruction approach that links cell projections across adjacent sections using phenotype and proximity constraints and recovers single-cell 3D centroids using cell-type-specific shape priors. We further analyze the trade-off between section spacing, coverage, and redundancy, identifying acquisition regimes that maximize reconstruction utility under fixed imaging budgets. We validate the reconstruction module on a public imaging mass cytometry dataset with dense axial sampling and demonstrate its downstream utility on an in-house CODEX dataset by enabling structure-level 3D analyses that are unreliable in 2D. Together, our results provide diagnostic tools and practical guidance for deciding when 2D sampling suffices and when sparse 3D reconstruction is warranted.

三维空间分析多路成像稀疏重建组织图谱

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