Neto Lucio Assis Araujo, Freire Alessandra Maia, Silva Luciano Paulino
Embrapa Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Laboratory of Nanobiotechnology (LNANO), Brasília 70770-917, DF, Brazil.
Postgraduate Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Federal University of Paraná (UFPR), Curitiba 80210-170, PR, Brazil.
Biomedicines. 2025 Jan 15;13(1):208. doi: 10.3390/biomedicines13010208.
Machine learning is used to analyze images by training algorithms on data to recognize patterns and identify objects, with applications in various fields, such as medicine, security, and automation. Meanwhile, histological cross-sections, whether longitudinal or transverse, expose layers of tissues or tissue mimetics, which provide crucial information for microscopic analysis. : This study aimed to employ the Google platform "Teachable Machine" to apply artificial intelligence (AI) in the interpretation of histological cross-section images of hydrogel filaments. : The production of 3D hydrogel filaments involved different combinations of sodium alginate and gelatin polymers, as well as a cross-linking agent, and subsequent stretching until rupture using an extensometer. Cross-sections of stretched and unstretched filaments were created and stained with hematoxylin and eosin. Using the Teachable Machine platform, images were grouped and trained for subsequent prediction. : Over six hundred histological cross-section images were obtained and stored in a virtual database. Each hydrogel combination exhibited variations in coloration, and some morphological structures remained consistent. The AI efficiently identified and differentiated images of stretched and unstretched filaments. However, some confusion arose when distinguishing among variations in hydrogel combinations. : Therefore, the image prediction tool for biopolymeric hydrogel histological cross-sections using Teachable Machine proved to be an efficient strategy for distinguishing stretched from unstretched filaments.
机器学习用于通过对数据训练算法来分析图像,以识别模式和识别物体,其应用于医学、安全和自动化等各个领域。同时,组织学横截面,无论是纵向还是横向,都暴露出组织层或组织模拟物,这为微观分析提供了关键信息。本研究旨在利用谷歌平台“可教机器”将人工智能(AI)应用于水凝胶细丝组织学横截面图像的解读。3D水凝胶细丝的制作涉及海藻酸钠和明胶聚合物的不同组合以及一种交联剂,随后使用引伸计进行拉伸直至断裂。制作拉伸和未拉伸细丝的横截面,并用苏木精和伊红染色。使用可教机器平台对图像进行分组和训练以便后续预测。获得了六百多张组织学横截面图像并存储在虚拟数据库中。每种水凝胶组合在染色方面都有差异,并且一些形态结构保持一致。人工智能有效地识别并区分了拉伸和未拉伸细丝的图像。然而,在区分水凝胶组合的差异时出现了一些混淆。因此,事实证明,使用可教机器的生物聚合物水凝胶组织学横截面图像预测工具是区分拉伸细丝和未拉伸细丝的有效策略。