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Record W4410617217 · doi:10.3389/fpls.2025.1513953

DeepD&Cchl: an AI tool for automated 3D single-cell chloroplast detection, counting, and cell type clustering

2025· article· en· W4410617217 on OpenAlexaff
Qun Su, Le Liu, Zhengsheng Hu, Tao Wang, Huaying Wang, Qiuyu Guo, Xinyi Liao, Yan Sha, Feng Li, Zhao Yang Dong, Shaokai Yang, Ningjing Liu, Qiong Zhao

Bibliographic record

VenueFrontiers in Plant Science · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
TopicCell Image Analysis Techniques
Canadian institutionsUniversity of Alberta
Fundersnot available
KeywordsChloroplastCell typeCell countingSingle-cell analysisCellPlant cellMicroscopyBiologyComputational biologyComputer scienceBiophysicsBiochemistryPhysicsOpticsGene

Abstract

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Chloroplast density in cells varies among different types of cells and plants. In current single-cell spatiotemporal analysis, the automatic detection and quantification of chloroplasts at the single-cell level is crucial. We developed DeepD&Cchl (Deep-learning-based Detecting-and-Counting-chloroplasts), an AI tool for single-cell chloroplast detection and cell-type clustering. It utilizes You-Only-Look-Once (YOLO), a real-time detection algorithm, for accurate and efficient performance. DeepD&Cchl has been proved to identify chloroplasts in plant cells across various imaging types, including light microscopy, electron microscopy, and fluorescence microscopy. Integrated with an Intersection Over Union (IOU) module, DeepD&Cchl precisely counts chloroplasts in single- or multi-layered images, while eliminating double-counting errors. Furthermore, when combined with Cellpose, a single-cell segmentation tool, DeepD&Cchl enhances its effectiveness at the single-cell level. By counting chloroplasts within individual cells, it supports cell-type-specific clustering based on chloroplast number versus cell size, offering valuable morphological insights for single-cell studies. In summary, DeepD&Cchl is a significant advancement in plant cell analysis. It offers accuracy and efficiency in chloroplast identification, counting and cell-type classification, providing a useful tool for plant research.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.001
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.002
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Bench or experimental · Consensus signal: none
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: none
Teacher disagreement score0.010
Threshold uncertainty score0.032

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0010.002
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0010.001
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0010.002
Bibliometrics0.0020.001
Science and technology studies0.0010.001
Scholarly communication0.0020.002
Open science0.0040.003
Research integrity0.0020.002
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0100.004

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.006
GPT teacher head0.244
Teacher spread0.238 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designBench or experimental
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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