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CryoGEN: Generative Energy-based Models for Cryogenic Electron Tomography Reconstruction

Yunfei Teng · Yuxuan Ren · Kai Chen · Xi Chen · Zhaoming Chen · Qiwei Ye

Hall 3 + Hall 2B #130
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Fri 25 Apr 7 p.m. PDT — 9:30 p.m. PDT

Abstract: Cryogenic electron tomography (Cryo-ET) is a powerful technique for visualizing subcellular structures in their native states. Nonetheless, its effectiveness is compromised by anisotropic resolution artifacts caused by the missing-wedge effect. To address this, IsoNet, a deep learning-based method, proposes iteratively reconstructing the missing-wedge information. While successful, IsoNet's dependence on recursive prediction updates often leads to training instability and model divergence. In this study, we introduce CryoGEN—an energy-based probabilistic model that not only mitigates resolution anisotropy but also removes the need for recursive subtomogram averaging, delivering an approximate \emph{10}×× speedup for training. Evaluations across various biological datasets, including immature HIV-1 virions and ribosomes, demonstrate that CryoGEN significantly enhances structural completeness and interpretability of the reconstructed samples.

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