DefocusTrackerAI -- A Generalized Framework for the Automatic Detection of Defocused Particle Images 文章

ArXiv CS.CV2026-06-02NEWSen作者: Gon\c{c}alo Coutinho, Ana S. Moita, Ant\'onio L. N. Moreira, Massimiliano Rossi

摘要

arXiv:2606.00076v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The present work introduces DefocusTrackerAI, a generalized deep-learning framework for the automatic detection and position estimation of defocused particle images from any kind of optical configuration without compromising uncertainty and recall, intended as a follow-up of the open-source project DefocusTracker. We selected the deep neural network architecture from the direct comparison of two well-known object detection models, Faster R-CNN and YOLOv9, trained on a diverse and feature-rich synthetic image set containing astigmatic and non-astigmatic defocused particle images of varying diameters. The model evaluation on synthetic data showed that, first, YOLOv9 outperforms Faster R-CNN, achieving higher recall and lower uncertainty, particularly at high particle image densities; and second, that YOLOv9 provides enhanced spatial resolution, with uncertainty values between 0.1 and 0.4 pixels for particle image densities N_s up to 0.