{
  "id": 947819,
  "title": "MorphQ: label-free quantification and visualisation of complex morphology from standardised specimen images",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/morphq-label-free-quantification-and-visualisation-of-complex",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-14T00:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "bioRxiv",
    "slug": "biorxiv",
    "url": "https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.08.11.744091v1?rss=1"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "1. Quantifying complex morphology from images remains difficult because predefined descriptors capture only selected traits. Yet, supervised machine learning models for images require labels and often produce task-specific features that are hard to interpret as biological traits. 2. We present MorphQ, a label-free, self-supervised method that learns a quantitative morphospace from standardised…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}