365-MisTIC: Correcting Transcript Misassignment in ST Data
The paper introduces MisTIC, a novel probabilistic tool designed to fix errors in imaging-based spatial transcriptomics. While current technologies can map gene expression at high resolution, they often suffer from segmentation errors where RNA transcripts are incorrectly assigned to the wrong neighboring cells. MisTIC addresses this by using a variational Bayesian framework that evaluates spatial proximity, gene expression compatibility, and neighborhood support to reassign transcripts more accurately. The authors demonstrate that this method outperforms existing tools by reducing data noise…
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