spectral_unmixing.estimate_picasso_unmixing_matrix_from_volume

spectral_unmixing.estimate_picasso_unmixing_matrix_from_volume(channel_volumes, *, background_percentile=1.0, preprocess_alpha_inputs=True, mi_bins=64, alpha_max=1.0, max_iter=10, tolerance=0.0001, max_alpha_voxels=500000, random_state=0)[source]

Estimate a PICASSO-like blind unmixing matrix from multi-channel image data.

This estimation logic is motivated by the PICASSO publication: Seo, J., Sim, Y., Kim, J. et al. PICASSO allows ultra-multiplexed fluorescence imaging of spatially overlapping proteins without reference spectra measurements. Nature Communications 13, 2475 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30168-z

Parameters:
  • channel_volumes (array-like) – Multi-channel image data with channel as the first axis, for example (C, Z, Y, X) or (C, N).

  • background_percentile (float, optional) – Low percentile used for optional per-channel background subtraction.

  • preprocess_alpha_inputs (bool, optional) – If True, apply percentile-based background subtraction and clipping before estimating the unmixing matrix.

  • mi_bins (int, optional) – Number of histogram bins used by the mutual-information estimator.

  • alpha_max (float, optional) – Upper bound for each pairwise subtraction coefficient.

  • max_iter (int, optional) – Maximum number of pairwise update sweeps.

  • tolerance (float, optional) – Convergence criterion on the largest pairwise coefficient update in one iteration.

  • max_alpha_voxels (int or None, optional) – Optional cap on the number of voxels used for matrix estimation.

  • random_state (int, optional) – Random seed used for optional subsampling.

Return type:

tuple[ndarray, dict]

Returns:

tuple – (matrix, details) with the estimated unmixing matrix and a metadata dictionary describing convergence and pairwise updates.

Notes

This implements an iterative, pairwise, mutual-information-minimizing blind unmixing routine. It is inspired by the PICASSO criterion, but it is not a deep-learning approach and not a full spectral reference-based method.