Communications Biology (Feb 2021)

CASSPER is a semantic segmentation-based particle picking algorithm for single-particle cryo-electron microscopy

  • Blesson George,
  • Anshul Assaiya,
  • Robin J. Roy,
  • Ajit Kembhavi,
  • Radha Chauhan,
  • Geetha Paul,
  • Janesh Kumar,
  • Ninan S. Philip

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-01721-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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George, Assaiya et al. develop a deep learning tool, CASSPER, that automates the detection of protein particles in transmission microscope images. This algorithm uses semantic segmentation and visually prepared training samples to capture the differences in the transmission intensities of microscope images, enabling automation of data processing.