ZEISS Advanced Reconstruction Toolbox
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Advanced Reconstruction Toolbox

State-of-the-Art Reconstruction Technologies for Your ZEISS X-ray Microscope or microCT​

Enrich your research and increase the ROI of your ZEISS Xradia X-ray platform​

Unique Advanced Reconstruction Toolbox (ART) offerings leverage AI and a deep understanding of both X-ray physics and customer applications to solve some of the hardest imaging challenges in new and innovative ways. These optional modules are workstation-based solutions that provide easy access and usability.​

Built by ZEISS with continuously developed algorithms and unique workflows​, ART is a robust platform for continuously launching ground-breaking innovations from ZEISS X-ray Microscopy​.

Image reconstruction technologies enhance X-ray system performance​:

  • Resolution​ / contrast​ / image quality​
  • Throughput
  • Diverse sample types, sizes, and shapes​
  • ​Ease-of-use
  • Artifact reduction

An A12 Smartphone Package Acquired Using DeepScout

For a large field of view scan, a high res scan to train the model, and high resolution reconstruction to LFOV.

Soy flower
Soy flower
Standard reconstruction on the left. On the right, DeepScout shows significantly more cellular information. Sample courtesy of Keith Duncan, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

ZEISS DeepScout​

Resolution at Field of View, Throughput at Field of View​

ZEISS DeepScout uses high-resolution 3D microscopy datasets as training data for lower resolution, larger field of view datasets, upscaling the larger volume data using a neural network model. ZEISS DeepScout, developed through continued algorithmic innovation enabled by the AI infrastructure from ZEISS, employs the unique Scout-and-Zoom capability to acquire richer information at higher resolution, including interior tomographies for large samples. ​

  • Take your large overview scan​
  • Feed it through the ZEISS DeepScout reconstruction algorithm​
  • Get resolution that approaches the resolution of a Zoom scan, but over a much larger field of view. ​

At its core, ZEISS DeepScout relies on the ability to generate multiscale, spatially registered datasets and uses that ability to train neural networks to improve the reconstruction. New capabilities, fueled by deep learning, mitigate the traditional trade-off between field of view and resolution. ​

Application of DeepScout to a polymer electrolyte fuel cell sample.

DeepScout

How It Works

Now, your volume scout includes the full field of view for your sample. A selected high-resolution scan trains the whole model to provide you with high resolution at field of view (FOV). This is game-changing AI, uniquely enabling visualization of fine structure across large fields of view at unprecedented speeds.

This FDK image, with labels, demonstrates significant noise in comparison to the DeepRecon Pro image
With DeepRecon Pro reconstruction
Commercial smartwatch pouch cell battery image acquired by ZEISS Xradia 620 Versa. Left: standard FDK reconstruction. Right: DeepRecon Pro reconstruction showing superior image quality.

ZEISS DeepRecon Pro

Harvest the Hidden Opportunities in Big Data Generated by Your XRM​

The first commercially available deep learning reconstruction technology enables you to increase throughput by up to 10× without sacrificing novel resolution at a distance (RaaD). Alternatively, keep the same number of projections and enhance the image quality further. ZEISS DeepRecon provides significant AI-driven speed or image quality improvement.​

​ZEISS DeepRecon Pro is applicable to both unique samples as well as semi-repetitive and repetitive workflows. Self-train new machine learning network models on-site with an extremely easy-to-use interface. The one-click workflow of ZEISS DeepRecon Pro eliminates the need for a machine learning expert and can be seamlessly operated by even a novice user.​

​ZEISS DeepRecon Pro is now available on ZEISS Ultra nanoscale XRM.

ZEISS DeepRecon Pro

More examples

  • Standard reconstruction
    DeepRecon Pro Ultra reconstruction

    fcBGA flip chip imaged with ZEISS UltraXRM

    left: Standard reconstruction, 1000 projections, 18-hour scan

    right: DeepRecon Pro Ultra reconstruction, 250 projections, 4.5 hour scan, a 4x improvement.

  • Zebrafish sample Imaged with ZEISS 620 Versa: standard FDK reconstruction
    Zebrafish sample Imaged with ZEISS 620 Versa: reconstructed with DeepRecon Pro

    Zebrafish sample imaged with ZEISS 620 Versa

    Left shows standard FDK reconstruction; right is reconstructed with DeepRecon Pro, showing significantly less noise.

    Courtesy: Prof. Dr. Bert Müller, University of Basel

  • Mouse lung​
    Mouse lung​ -  DeepRecon Pro

    Mouse lung imaged with Xradia Versa

    Sample is iodine stained and captured with 3001 projections. Reconstruction done using DeepRecon (right). Compared with the equivalent image reconstructed using FDK (left).

Biomedical metal implant in bone. Without MARS, left. With MARS, right.​
Biomedical metal implant in bone. Without MARS, left. With MARS, right.​
Biomedical metal implant in bone. Without MARS, left. With MARS, right.​

Materials Aware Reconstruction Solution (MARS)

Superior Image Quality for Highly Attenuating Samples​

MARS is a reconstruction algorithm that is aware of the constituents within a reconstruction. A challenge in X-ray reconstruction in a lab setting is that imaging with a polychromatic source creates different X-ray energies to generate a phenomenon called beam hardening. This effect is particularly challenging when your material is very dense and embedded in relatively less dense material. MARS tells the reconstruction system how to compensate for the effect of extreme beam hardening in the regions between very dense objects. This is important in applications like biomaterials, where you might be looking at implants next to bone or tissue. Or electronics where extremely dense solder balls appear next to other less dense materials on a printed circuit board, generating strong artifacts. MARS reconstructs your images to compensate for these effects. ​

MARS is available in the Artifact Reduction package.

Pharmaceutical sample consisting of large lactose carrier particles and smaller (< 1 um) API particles. Image on the left is standard FDK; image on the right is with PhaseEvolve processing
Pharmaceutical sample consisting of large lactose carrier particles and smaller (< 1 um) API particles. Image on the left is standard FDK; image on the right is with PhaseEvolve processing

Pharmaceutical sample consisting of large lactose carrier particles and smaller (< 1 um) API particles. Image on the left is standard FDK; image on the right is with PhaseEvolve processing. Histograms show the distribution of intensities in the images. Left, all phases are convoluted, making it difficult to segment the image. Right, the histogram shows well-differentiated phases with PhaseEvolve in the two peaks. Sample courtesy University of Manchester, UK

Pharmaceutical sample consisting of large lactose carrier particles and smaller (< 1 um) API particles. Image on the left is standard FDK; image on the right is with PhaseEvolve processing. Histograms show the distribution of intensities in the images. Left, all phases are convoluted, making it difficult to segment the image. Right, the histogram shows well-differentiated phases with PhaseEvolve in the two peaks. Sample courtesy University of Manchester, UK

PhaseEvolve​

Enhanced Image Contrast and Improved Segmentation​

ZEISS PhaseEvolve is a patented (US11645792B2) postprocessing reconstruction algorithm that enhances the image contrast by revealing material contrast uniquely inherent to X-ray microscopy, which can often be obscured by phase effects in low-medium density samples or high-resolution datasets. Perform more accurate quantitative analysis with improved contrast and segmentation of your results​.

PhaseEvolve is available in the Artifact Reduction package and in the cloud.

Standard Reconstruction
OptiRecon
Camera module: 1200 projections in 90 minutes using standard FDK, left, vs. 300 projections in 22 minutes with OptiRecon, right. Comparable image quality in a fraction of the time.

ZEISS OptiRecon​

Fast and Efficient Iterative Reconstruction Solution​

A fast and efficient algorithm-based technology that delivers iterative reconstruction from your desktop, allowing you to achieve up to 4× faster scan times or enhanced image quality with equivalent throughput. ZEISS OptiRecon is an economical solution offering superior interior tomography or throughput on a broad class of samples.​

OptiRecon is available in the Recon package.

Meeting You Where You Are: How to Access ART

Unique ART architecture provides you with options and flexibility that suit your working conditions.

Workstation

Access ART on a robust high-performance workstation, dedicated hardware with a perpetual license. This is your choice when you need five 9's reliability and always-on, fastest processing of data of the full ART suite of capabilities.

Time-based Licenses

Leveraging Recon Server and Cloud Support architecture, you can select time-based licenses that provide up to three users per license with access to the high performance workstation, to another workstation, or to a laptop, enabling remote work. This is ideal when you have project-based work for which you may not need a perpetual license. Or, you can easily upgrade your time-based license to a perpetual license if you determine this is the best structure for your requirements.

Cloud

You can also access several ART modules via the cloud. Cloud access includes multi-seat setups with multiple access points, without the need to make a capital investment. This provides access to the widest range of users with time to data based on your own IT infrastructure.

Work with your ZEISS representative to meet you where you are today and to determine the best solution, or combination of solutions, for your short and long-term needs.

DeepRecon Pro
DeepScout
PhaseEvolve
MARS
OptiRecon

Systems

Versa






Context, Crystal CT






Ultra


High Performance Workstation with Perpetual Licenses and/or Time-based Licenses






Cloud with One-year Licenses Only




Packages

AI Supercharger



Artifact Reduction



Recon Package



Premium ART






Diagram describing data transfere from ART client to ART cloud server
Diagram describing data transfere from ART client to ART cloud server

Stateless Process for Maximum Data Security

Your data, powering your experiences, is controlled by you. You, the user, have full control over sharing your data, results, and training models with your peers and collaborators. Your data is secured during processing and while in transit. The ZEISS core privacy principle is that you own your data. All data uploaded belong to you and your organization, only, and the confidentiality of your data is our top priority. You can feel confident about where your data is sent and how it is processed.

Downloads

    • ZEISS Advanced Reconstruction Toolbox

      Your software for advanced image processing of X-ray data

      File size: 7 MB
    • ZEISS AI Supercharger

      Enabling AI-based Reconstruction for Your ZEISS X-ray microscope

      File size: 3 MB
    • ZEISS OptiRecon for semiconductor packages

      Improve 3D X-ray image quality and increase scan speed by 2X

      File size: 1 MB
    • ZEISS PhaseEvolve

      Reveal contrast that has never been seen before

      File size: 2 MB
    • ZEISS Advanced Reconstruction Toolbox

      Technology to Enhance your ZEISS 3D X-ray Microscope

      File size: 2 MB

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