Deep learning image segmentation on label-free brain tissue microscopy using Spatial Light Interference Microscopy (SLIM).
Leveraging Deep Learning for Label-Free Cellular and Vascular Segmentation in Brain Tissue Using Spatial Light Interference Microscopy. Prasheetha Bairwa, TJ Pavaritpong, Yuliia Kohut, Cindy Chen, Shubham Thakar, Jorge Maldonado, and Dr. Catherine Best-Popescu. PO Undergraduate Research Symposium, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, IL, USA. 2025
Trained and fine-tuned PyTorch segmentation models on hippocampal brain sections, improving Jaccard index from 0.161 → 0.505.
Advised by Jorge Maldonado and Dr. Catherine Best-Popescu, Cellular Neuroscience Imaging Laboratory at the Beckman Institute, UIUC.
Manuscript submitted for publication.
