ZEISS Advanced Reconstruction Toolbox
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Advanced Reconstruction Toolbox

Maximize Your ZEISS X-ray Results

The Advanced Reconstruction Toolbox (ART) by ZEISS is a unique platform designed to tackle complex imaging challenges in X-ray microscopy (XRM). Leveraging the ZEISS XRM team's deep expertise in X-ray physics and customer applications, ART combines advanced AI capabilities with innovative workflows. These solutions, available both in the cloud and on workstations, provide you with enhanced access, flexibility, and effective data management, ensuring that you can meet your specific imaging needs.

Built on a foundation of proven algorithms, ART fosters trust through transparency and reliability, allowing you to confidently rely on its outputs.

  • Resolution​ / contrast​ / image quality​
  • Throughput
  • Diverse sample types, sizes, and shapes​
  • ​Ease-of-use
  • Artifact reduction
This FDK image, with labels, demonstrates significant noise in comparison to the DeepRecon Pro image
With DeepRecon Pro reconstruction
Ceramic matrix composite imaged with VersaXRM. On the left, a standard (FDK) reconstruction took 9 hours with 3001 projections. With DeepRecon Pro TPT, the reconstruction took <1 hour with 301 projections, a 10X improvement in throughput.

ZEISS DeepRecon Pro

Increased Throughput, Better Image Quality

ZEISS DeepRecon Pro brings superior throughput and image quality benefits across a wide range of applications. It uniquely harvests the hidden opportunities in big data generated by your ZEISS XRM or microCT and provides significant AI-driven speed or image quality improvements. Three one-click workflows‒Throughput (TPT), ImageClarity, and Image Quality (IQ)‒eliminate the need for a machine learning expert.

Use ZEISS DeepRecon Pro TPT to increase throughput by up to 10x without sacrificing novel resolution at a distance (RaaD). Alternatively, keep the same number of projections and enhance the image quality further. ZEISS DeepRecon Pro ImageClarity, your default, offers dramatic noise reduction without small feature loss, providing superior image quality. DeepRecon Pro IQ provides best-in-class noise reduction.

ZEISS DeepRecon Pro is included as standard with a high-performance workstation on ZEISS VersaXRM 615 and 730 platforms. It is also available on ZEISS Ultra nanoscale X-ray microscopes. For other ZEISS Versa or microCT systems, it is offered as part of the AI Supercharger or Premium ART packages, or as a standalone module, available via the cloud or workstation.

DeepRecon Pro ImageClarity

Less noise, more features. Trust your results.

  • Pharmaceutical Tablet

    Less noise and better image quality for high resolution scans of materials like pharmaceutical tablets reveal particle morphology for easier segmentation.

  • Metal matrix syntactic foam

    In this type of sample, porosity in the metal matrix is filled with hollow spheres of Aluminum oxide, reducing the weight over a conventional metal of the same size and shape. It is crucial to observe fine features such as porosity to predict or assess the sample's quality and mechanical strength. DeepRecon Pro ImageClarity enables researchers to see more of these features than traditional FDK reconstruction. Sample courtesy of N.Gupta, New York University Tandon School of Engineering, USA.

  • Sandstone

    With DeepRecon Pro ImageClarity, researchers are able to clearly distinguish details in the clays, visualize small pores, and even discern fine cracks in this sandstone sample.

  • Zebrafish

    In this imaging of a zebrafish with a suspected brain tumor, DeepRecon Pro ImageClarity reconstruction eliminates the noise that obscures informative features in the sample. Courtesy of D. Ayyappa Raja and Jan Stundl, California Institute of Technology, USA.

  • C4 Bumps on Semiconductor Package

    Visualization of this C4 bump sample with DeepRecon Pro ImageClarity reveals hidden particles on the metal trace that cannot be clearly seen in the standard (FDK) reconstruction.

ZEISS DeepRecon Pro

More examples

  • 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 VersaXRM

    Left: standard FDK reconstruction.
    Right: DeepRecon Pro IQ reconstruction showing superior image quality.

  • 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 VersaXRM

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

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

  • Mouse lung​
    Mouse lung​ -  DeepRecon Pro

    Mouse lung imaged with ZEISS VersaXRM

    Sample is iodine stained and captured with 3001 projections. Reconstruction done using DeepRecon Pro IQ. Compare with the equivalent image reconstructed using FDK (left). Less noise, clearer view of features.

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 harnesses high-resolution 3D XRM datasets to enhance lower resolution, larger field of view datasets through advanced convolutional neural network models. Using the unique XRM Scout-and-Zoom capability, DeepScout can connect resolution and contrast across scales to train powerful super resolution image restoration deep learning models.

  • 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. 

DeepScout is available in the AI Supercharger and Premium ART packages, or as a standalone module, available via the cloud or workstation.

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.

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.

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 and Premium ART packages, and as a standalone module.

Architecture: Flexibility Meets Accessibility

The ZEISS Advanced Reconstruction Toolbox is designed to both optimize your X-ray reconstruction results and to be easy to use.

(a) Standard reconstruction; (b) DeepRecon Pro ImageClarity reconstruction; (c) test: noise removed with correct model; (d) features removed: incorrect model was selected.

(a) Standard reconstruction; (b) DeepRecon Pro ImageClarity reconstruction; (c) test: noise removed with correct model; (d) features removed: incorrect model was selected.

Image Difference Feature

With ZEISS Image Difference, you can see exactly what the models are doing with respect to your reconstructed images. By enabling you to check your model, you can trust that the training model is removing noise and not erasing features.

(Left) DeepScout with no ROI training; (Center) DeepScout with ROI training: halo removed; (Right) Inner streaking artifacts also removed

(Left) DeepScout with no ROI training; (Center) DeepScout with ROI training: halo removed; (Right) Inner streaking artifacts also removed

ROI Training

ROI training for ZEISS DeepRecon Pro and ZEISS DeepScout focuses the training of your model on the most important data you select, removing bias from the scanned volume and resulting in better performance. ROI training is useful for enhancing contrast and removing artifacts and can significantly reduce the training time for your models.

Model Database User Interface. Searchable, sortable information for every model

Model Database User Interface. Searchable, sortable information for every model

Easily Manage Your Efforts

Model Data Management

As the number of models you develop can accumulate quickly over time, the Model Database tool helps manage your stored models. It displays a list of all available models in a way that can be easily sorted and searched. The models can be exported to and imported from a zip file, making it easier to share trained models between different ART clients.

Recon Server Status

This feature enables you to easily manage the recon server job queue status across multiple connected clients, preventing traffic jams and disrupted runs.

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






Standalone Modules


*DeepRecon Pro with a 2-year license is automatically included with VersaXRM 730 and 615, or upgrade to perpetual license

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

    • Flyer: ZEISS DeepRecon Pro for Electronics and Failure Analysis

      Faster 3D X-ray data acquisition and superior imaging quality for electronics failure analysis

      1 MB
    • ZEISS OptiRecon for semiconductor packages

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

      1 MB
    • ZEISS PhaseEvolve

      Reveal contrast that has never been seen before

      1 MB


    • Flyer: ZEISS DeepRecon Pro for Electronics and Failure Analysis

      Faster 3D X-ray data acquisition and superior imaging quality for electronics failure analysis

      1 MB
    • ZEISS OptiRecon for semiconductor packages

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

      1 MB
    • ZEISS PhaseEvolve

      Reveal contrast that has never been seen before

      1 MB
    • ZEISS Advanced Reconstruction Toolbox

      Technology to Enhance your ZEISS 3D X-ray Microscope

      2 MB


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