Computational and Unconventional Microscopy for Cellular Imaging

Dear Colleagues,

We are organizing an issue to capture the excitement surrounding the relative Cambrian explosion of methods and instruments that is enabling researchers to reconstruct or improve cellular images using computers. Thus far, the use of such techniques has had a broad impact, enabling researchers to see deeper into turbid samples, visualize cellular detail beyond the diffraction limit, infer fluorescent stains, or simply denoise their confocal images.

This Issue of Cells, entitled "Computational and unconventional microscopy for cellular imaging", will cover a broad array of imaging techniques, including developments and applications in fluorescence microscopy, label-free imaging, adaptive optics, and applied artificial intelligence. We encourage scholars to submit original research with a theoretical, experimental, or application focus, and produce review articles and tutorials.

The topics of this Special Issue include, but are not limited to:

• Unconventional imaging techniques for cellular imaging
• Advancements in live cell microscopy
• Cellular imaging techniques enabled by artificial intelligence and machine learning
• Imaging through turbid tissues and adaptive optics for cellular level studies
• High-throughput and automated image acquisition and cytology

Articles will be peer-reviewed and published in the open-access journal Cells. We hope that you will consider our invitation and contribute your valuable research to this special issue. We look forward to your submissions.

Best regards,

Dr. Xi Chen
Dr. Mikhail Kandel
Guest Editors

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