Calcium transient detection and segmentation with the astronomically motivated algorithm for background estimation and transient segmentation (Astro-BEATS)
Bolin Fan, Anthony Bilodeau, Frédéric Beaupré, Theresa Wiesner, Christian Gagné, Flavie Lavoie‐Cardinal, Renée Hložek
Astro-BEATS detects and segments miniature synaptic calcium transients in fluorescence imaging using astronomical transient detection techniques, outperforming threshold-based methods and enabling efficient training of deep learning models.
bioRxiv · Mar 17, 2026 · PreprintBioinformatics