Label-free detection of individual virus-infected cells using deep learning
Juliane Pfeil, Corinna Schuler, Eva Müller, Shakhnaz Akhmedova, Alexandra Löwe, Anne Kauter, Tobias Tertel, Giebel Bernd, Michael M. Laue, Vu Thuy Khanh Le‐Trilling, Christian Sieben, Mirko Trilling, Roland Schwarzer, Nils Körber
This paper introduces a deep learning model to identify virus-infected cells from light microscopy images without using labels or stains, achieving up to 96% classification accuracy.
bioRxiv · Jan 15, 2026 · PreprintBioinformatics