Fluorescent Neuronal Cells v2: Multi-Task, Multi-Format Annotations for Deep Learning in Microscopy
This dataset facilitates research in computer vision and microscopy analysis, but it is incremental as it builds upon existing data resources.
The authors introduced Fluorescent Neuronal Cells v2, a dataset of fluorescence microscopy images with multi-task annotations, aimed at advancing deep learning methods for segmentation, detection, and related tasks in life sciences.
Fluorescent Neuronal Cells v2 is a collection of fluorescence microscopy images and the corresponding ground-truth annotations, designed to foster innovative research in the domains of Life Sciences and Deep Learning. This dataset encompasses three image collections in which rodent neuronal cells' nuclei and cytoplasm are stained with diverse markers to highlight their anatomical or functional characteristics. Alongside the images, we provide ground-truth annotations for several learning tasks, including semantic segmentation, object detection, and counting. The contribution is two-fold. First, given the variety of annotations and their accessible formats, we envision our work facilitating methodological advancements in computer vision approaches for segmentation, detection, feature learning, unsupervised and self-supervised learning, transfer learning, and related areas. Second, by enabling extensive exploration and benchmarking, we hope Fluorescent Neuronal Cells v2 will catalyze breakthroughs in fluorescence microscopy analysis and promote cutting-edge discoveries in life sciences. The data are available at: https://amsacta.unibo.it/id/eprint/7347