Daniel Sage

EPFL STI IMT LIB
BM 4135 (Bâtiment BM)
Station 17
1015 Lausanne

EPFL IMAGING
ELE 130 (Bâtiment ELE)
Station 11
1015 Lausanne

Expertise

Roadmap on Deep Learning for Microscopy

G. VolpeC. WahlbyL. TianM. HechtA. Yakimovich  et al.

JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-PHOTONICS. 2026. DOI : 10.1088/2515-7647/ae0fd1.

Revisiting PSF models: Unifying framework and high‐performance implementation

Y. LiuV. StergiopoulouJ. Chuah Wen JieE. BezzamG. Both  et al.

Journal of Microscopy. 2025. DOI : 10.1111/jmi.70045.

Image Processing and Image Analysis in Microscopy

D. SageA. Badoual

Photonic Imaging for Biology: From Conventional Microscopy to Super-Resolution; John Wiley and Sons Inc., 2025. p. 205 - 237.

Back to the future–20 years of progress and developments in photonic microscopy and biological imaging

M. ErardC. FavardL. D. LavisG. RecherH. Rigneault  et al.

Journal of cell science. 2024. DOI : 10.1242/jcs.262344.

Surpassing light inhomogeneities in structured-illumination microscopy with FlexSIM

E. SoubiesA. NogueronF. PelletierT. MangeatC. Leterrier  et al.

Journal of microscopy. 2024. DOI : 10.1111/jmi.13344.

JDLL: a library to run deep learning models on Java bioimage informatics platforms

C. G. L. de HaroS. DallongevilleT. MussetE. Gomez-de-MariscalD. Sage  et al.

Nature Methods. 2024. DOI : 10.1038/s41592-023-02129-x.

A framework for evaluating the performance of SMLM cluster analysis algorithms

D. J. NievesJ. A. PikeF. LevetD. J. WilliamsonM. Baragilly  et al.

Nature Methods. 2023. DOI : 10.1038/s41592-022-01750-6.

Correction of multiple-blinking artifacts in photoactivated localization microscopy

L. G. JensenT. Y. HohD. J. WilliamsonJ. GriffieD. Sage  et al.

Nature Methods. 2022. DOI : 10.1038/s41592-022-01463-w.

Steer'n'Detect: fast 2D template detection with accurate orientation estimation

V. UhlmannZ. PuspokiA. DepeursingeM. UnserD. Sage  et al.

Bioinformatics. 2022. DOI : 10.1093/bioinformatics/btac270.

A Practical Guide to Supervised Deep Learning for Bioimage Analysis: Challenges and good practices

V. UhlmannL. DonatiD. Sage

Ieee Signal Processing Magazine. 2022. DOI : 10.1109/MSP.2021.3123589.

DeepImageJ: A user-friendly environment to run deep learning models in ImageJ

E. Gomez-de-MariscalC. Garcia-Lopez-de-HaroW. OuyangL. DonatiE. Lundberg  et al.

Nature Methods. 2021. DOI : 10.1038/s41592-021-01262-9.

Deep Learning Enables Individual Xenograft Cell Classification in Histological Images by Analysis of Contextual Features

Q. JuppetF. De MartinoE. MarcandalliM. WeigertO. Burri  et al.

Journal of Mammary Gland Biology and Neoplasia. 2021. DOI : 10.1007/s10911-021-09485-4.

Optimal-Transport-Based Metric for SMLM

Q. A. DenoyelleT.-A. M. PhamP. del Aguila PlaD. SageM. Unser

2021. 18th IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI'21), Nice, France, April 13-16, 2021. p. 797 - 801. DOI : 10.1109/ISBI48211.2021.9433874.

Graphic: Graph-Based Hierarchical Clustering For Single-Molecule Localization Microscopy

M. PouryaS. AziznejadM. UnserD. Sage

2021. 18th IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI), Nice, FRANCE, Apr 13-16, 2021. p. 1892 - 1896. DOI : 10.1109/ISBI48211.2021.9433760.

In pancreatic islets from type 2 diabetes patients, the dampened circadian oscillators lead to reduced insulin and glucagon exocytosis

V. PetrenkoN. R. GandasiD. SageA. TengholmS. Barg  et al.

Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America (PNAS). 2020. DOI : 10.1073/pnas.1916539117.

Reconstruction Methods for Cryo-Electron Microscopy: From Model-based to Data-driven

L. Donati / M. UnserD. Sage (Dir.)

Lausanne, EPFL, 2020. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-7540.

W2S: Microscopy Data with Joint Denoising and Super-Resolution for Widefield to SIM Mapping

R. ZhouM. El HelouD. SageT. LarocheA. Seitz  et al.

2020. ECCV 2020 Workshop on BioImage Computing, Glasgow, United Kingdom, August 23-28, 2020. p. 499 - 518. DOI : 10.1007/978-3-030-67070-2_30.

Pocket guide to solve inverse problems with GlobalBioIm

E. SoubiesF. SoulezM. T. McCannThanh-an PhamL. Donati  et al.

Inverse Problems. 2019. DOI : 10.1088/1361-6420/ab2ae9.

Super-resolution fight club: assessment of 2D and 3D single-molecule localization microscopy software

D. SageThanh-An PhamH. BabcockT. LukesT. Pengo  et al.

Nature Methods. 2019. DOI : 10.1038/s41592-019-0364-4.

Deforming Tessellations for the Segmentation of Cell Aggregates

A. BadoualA. A. GalanD. SageM. Unser

2019. Sixteenth IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro (ISBI'19), Venice, Italian Republic, April 8-11, 2019. p. 1013 - 1017. DOI : 10.1109/ISBI.2019.8759311.

Closed-Form Expression of the Fourier Ring-Correlation for Single-Molecule Localization Microscopy

T.-a. PhamE. SoubiesD. SageM. Unser

2019. Sixteenth IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro (ISBI'19), Venice, Italian Republic, April 8-11, 2019. p. 321 - 324. DOI : 10.1109/ISBI.2019.8759279.

SUBDIVIDE AND CONQUER Active Contours and Surfaces for Biomedical Image Segmentation

A. L. M.-T. Badoual / M. UnserD. Sage (Dir.)

Lausanne, EPFL, 2019. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-9326.

A mobile measurement platform and an image processing procedure for high-resolution aerial thermal imagery of lake surface water temperatures

A. Irani RahaghiU. LemminD. SageD. A. Barry

International Association for Great Lakes Research & European Large Lakes Symposium (ELLS-IAGLR 2018), Evian, France, 23-28 September 2018.

Parametric Experimental Study and Design of Experiment Modelling of Sapphire Grinding

K. WasmerP.-M. PochonD. SageJ. Giovanola

Journal of Cleaner Production. 2017. DOI : 10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.09.031.

Spline Shape Processing : Representation, Learning, and Modeling

D. A. Schmitter / M. UnserD. Sage (Dir.)

Lausanne, EPFL, 2017. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-8174.

Pancreatic α- and β-Cellular Clocks Have Distinct Molecular Properties and Impact on Islet Hormone Secretion and Gene Expression

V. PetrenkoC. SainiL. GiovannoniC. GobetD. Sage  et al.

Genes & Development. 2017. DOI : 10.1101/gad.290379.116.

DeconvolutionLab2: An Open-Source Software for Deconvolution Microscopy

D. SageL. DonatiF. SoulezD. FortunG. Schmit  et al.

Methods—Image Processing for Biologists. 2017. DOI : 10.1016/j.ymeth.2016.12.015.

Investigating Focal Adhesion Substructures by Localization Microscopy

H. DeschoutI. PlatzmanD. SageL. FelettiJ. P. Spatz  et al.

Biophysical Journal. 2017. DOI : 10.1016/j.bpj.2017.09.032.

SpotCaliper: Fast Wavelet-Based Spot Detection with Accurate Size Estimation

Z. PüspökiD. SageJ. P. WardM. Unser

Bioinformatics. 2016. DOI : 10.1093/bioinformatics/btv728.

Super-Resolution Fight Club

S. HoldenD. Sage

Nature Photonics. 2016. DOI : 10.1038/nphoton.2016.22.

A Simple, Fast and Low-Cost Method for in situ Monitoring of Topographical Changes and Wear Rate of a Complex Tribo-System Under Mixed Lubrication

B. MeylanP. DoganD. SageK. Wasmer

Wear—An International Journal on the Science and Technology of Friction, Lubrication and Wear. 2016. DOI : 10.1016/j.wear.2016.06.006.

Transforms and Operators for Directional Bioimage Analysis: A Survey

Z. PüspökiM. K. StorathD. SageM. Unser

Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology; Springer International Publishing, 2016.

On the Continuous Steering of the Scale of Tight Wavelet Frames

Z. PüspökiJ. WardD. SageM. Unser

SIAM Journal on Imaging Sciences. 2016. DOI : 10.1137/15M1033885.

Variational Phase Imaging Using the Transport-of-Intensity Equation

E. BostanE. FrousteyM. NilchianD. SageM. Unser

IEEE Transactions on Image Processing. 2016. DOI : 10.1109/TIP.2015.2509249.

A Feasability Study of Color Flow Doppler Vectorization for Automated Blood Flow Monitoring

R. SchorerA. BadoualB. BastideA. VandebrouckM. Licker  et al.

Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing. 2016. DOI : 10.1007/s10877-016-9953-2.

Quantitative evaluation of software packages for single-molecule localization microscopy

D. SageH. KirshnerT. PengoN. StuurmanJ. Min  et al.

Nature Methods. 2015. DOI : 10.1038/Nmeth.3442.

Fast Detection and Refined Scale Estimation Using Complex Isotropic Wavelets

Z. PüspökiJ. WardD. SageM. Unser

2015. p. 512 - 515. DOI : 10.1109/ISBI.2015.7163923.

Analysis of S. pombe SIN protein association to the SPB reveals two genetically separable states of the SIN

P. WachowiczA. ChasapiA. KrappE. C. Del RosarioD. Schmitter  et al.

Journal Of Cell Science. 2015. DOI : 10.1242/jcs.160150.

Phase Retrieval by Using Transport-of-Intensity Equation and Differential Interference Contrast Microscopy

E. BostanE. FrousteyB. RappazÉ. ShafferD. Sage  et al.

2014. p. 3939 - 3943. DOI : 10.1109/ICIP.2014.7025800.

Photobleaching Kinetics and Time-Integrated Emission of Fluorescent Probes in Cellular Membranes

D. WustnerT. ChristensenL. M. SolankoD. Sage

Molecules. 2014. DOI : 10.3390/molecules190811096.

Circadian Clock Characteristics Are Altered in Human Thyroid Malignant Nodules

T. MannicP. MeyerF. TriponezM. PusztaszeriG. Le Martelot  et al.

Journal Of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 2013. DOI : 10.1210/jc.2013-2568.

Autonomous and self-sustained circadian oscillators displayed in human islet cells

P. PulimenoT. MannicD. SageL. GiovannoniP. Salmon  et al.

Diabetologia. 2013. DOI : 10.1007/s00125-012-2779-7.

A 2D/3D image analysis system to track fluorescently labeled structures in rod-shaped cells: application to measure spindle pole asymmetry during mitosis

D. SchmitterP. WachowiczD. SageA. ChasapiI. Xenarios  et al.

Cell Division. 2013. DOI : 10.1186/1747-1028-8-6.

Advanced Image Processing for Biology, and the Open Bio Image Alliance (OBIA)

M. UnserD. SageR. Delgado-Gonzalo

2013.

Benchmarking Image-Processing Algorithms for Biomicroscopy: Reference Datasets and Perspectives

D. SageH. KirshnerC. VoneschS. LefkimmiatisM. Unser

2013.

3-D PSF fitting for fluorescence microscopy: implementation and localization application

H. KirshnerF. AguetD. SageM. Unser

Journal Of Microscopy. 2013. DOI : 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2012.03675.x.

A Psf-Based Approach To Biplane Calibration In 3D Super-Resolution Microscopy

H. KirshnerT. PengoN. OlivierD. SageS. Manley  et al.

2012. 9th IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI) - From Nano to Macro. p. 1232 - 1235. DOI : 10.1109/ISBI.2012.6235784.

Predicting stem cell fate changes by differential cell cycle progression patterns

M. RoccioD. SchmitterM. KnoblochY. OkawaD. Sage  et al.

Development. 2012. DOI : 10.1242/dev.086215.

Quantitative fluorescence loss in photobleaching for analysis of protein transport and aggregation

D. WuestnerL. M. SolankoF. W. LundD. SageH. J. Schroll  et al.

Bmc Bioinformatics. 2012. DOI : 10.1186/1471-2105-13-296.

Experimental investigation of collagen waviness and orientation in the arterial adventitia using confocal laser scanning microscopy

R. RezakhanihaA. AgianniotisJ. T. C. SchrauwenA. GriffaD. Sage  et al.

Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology. 2012. DOI : 10.1007/s10237-011-0325-z.

Bi-Exponential Edge-Preserving Smoother

P. ThevenazD. SageM. Unser

Ieee Transactions On Image Processing. 2012. DOI : 10.1109/Tip.2012.2200903.

Potential of Ultraviolet Wide-Field Imaging and Multiphoton Microscopy for Analysis of Dehydroergosterol in Cellular Membranes

D. WustnerJ. R. BrewerL. BagatolliD. Sage

Microscopy Research And Technique. 2011. DOI : 10.1002/jemt.20878.

Fast O(1) Bilateral Filtering Using Trigonometric Range Kernels

K. N. ChaudhuryD. SageM. Unser

IEEE Transactions on Image Processing. 2011. DOI : 10.1109/TIP.2011.2159234.

Flow measurements in sewer systems based on image analysis: automatic flow velocity algorithm

D. JeanbourquinD. SageL. S. NguyenB. SchaeliS. Kayal  et al.

Water Science and Technology. 2011. DOI : 10.2166/wst.2011.176.

Fast Detection of Cells Using a Continuously Scalable Mexican-Hat-Like Template

K. ChaudhuryZ. PüspökiA. Muñoz BarrutiaD. SageM. Unser

2010. 7th IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro, Rotterdam, NETHERLANDS, Apr 14-17, 2010. p. 1277 - 1280. DOI : 10.1109/ISBI.2010.5490229.

Flow measurements in sewer systems based on image analysis: automatic flow velocity algorithm

D. JeanbourquinD. SageL. NguyenB. SchaeliS. Kayal  et al.

2010. 7th International conference on sustainable techniques and strategies in urban water management (NOVATECH), Lyon, France, June 27 - July 1st, 2010.

Comparison of Deconvolution Software in 3D Microscopy: A User Point of View—Part 1

A. GriffaN. GarinD. Sage

G.I.T. Imaging & Microscopy. 2010.

Flow Measurements in Sewer Systems Based on Image Analysis: Automatic Flow Velocity Algorithm

D. JeanbourquinD. SageL. NguyenB. SchaeliS. Kayal  et al.

2010. p. 180 - 189.

Comparison of Deconvolution Software: A User Point of View—Part 2

A. GriffaN. GarinD. Sage

G.I.T. Imaging & Microscopy. 2010.

Low-Bond Axisymmetric Drop Shape Analysis for Surface Tension and Contact Angle Measurements of Sessile Drops

A. StalderT. MelchiorM. MüllerD. SageT. Blu  et al.

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 2010. DOI : 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2010.04.040.

Multicolor Bleach-Rate Imaging Enlightens in vivo Sterol Transport

D. WüstnerD. Sage

Communicative & Integrative Biology. 2010. DOI : 10.4161/cib.3.4.11972.

Selective Visualization of Fluorescent Sterols in Caenorhabditis elegans by Bleach-Rate-Based Image Segmentation

D. WüstnerA. LarsenN. FærgemanJ. BrewerD. Sage

Traffic. 2010. DOI : 10.1111/j.1600-0854.2010.01040.x.

A software solution for recording circadian oscillator features in time-lapse live cell microscopy

D. SageM. UnserP. SalmonC. Dibner

Cell Division. 2010. DOI : 10.1186/1747-1028-5-17.

Vision-based system for the control and measurement of wastewater flow rate in sewer systems

L. NguyenB. SchaeliD. SageS. KayalD. Jeanbourquin  et al.

Water Science and Technology. 2009. DOI : 10.2166/wst.2009.659.

Effect of aging on elastin functionality in human cerebral arteries

E. FonckG. G. FeiglJ. FaselD. SageM. Unser  et al.

Stroke; a journal of cerebral circulation. 2009. DOI : 10.1161/STROKEAHA.108.528091.

Phosphorylation does not prompt, nor prevent, the formation of alpha-synuclein toxic species in a rat model of Parkinson's disease

S. Azeredo da SilveiraB. SchneiderC. Cifuentes-DiazD. SageT. Abbas-Terki  et al.

Human Molecular Genetics. 2009. DOI : 10.1093/hmg/ddn417.

Circadian gene expression is resilient to large fluctuations in overall transcription rates

C. DibnerD. SageM. UnserC. BauerT. d'Eysmond  et al.

The EMBO journal. 2009. DOI : 10.1038/emboj.2008.262.

Vision-Based System for the Control and Measurement of Wastewater Flow Rate in Sewer Systems

L. NguyenD. SageS. KayalD. JeanbourquinM. Scherz  et al.

2009. p. OP03 - 4.

Multiresolution Monogenic Signal Analysis Using the Riesz-Laplace Wavelet Transform

M. UnserD. SageD. Van De Ville

Ieee Transactions On Image Processing. 2009. DOI : 10.1109/TIP.2009.2027628.

The Marr Wavelet Pyramid and Multiscale Directional Image Analysis

D. Van De VilleD. SageK. BalaćM. Unser

2008.

Coupled tomography and distinct-element-method approach to exploring the granular media microstructure in a jamming hourglass

M. TsukaharaS. MitrovicV. GajdosikG. MargaritondoL. Pournin  et al.

Physical Review E. 2008. DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevE.77.061306.

Effect of Ageing on Elastin Functionality in Human Cerebral Arteries

E. FonckG. FeiglJ. FaselD. SageM. Unser  et al.

2008. ASME 2008 Summer Bioengineering Conference (SBC'08), Marco Island FL, USA, June 25–29, 2008. p. 959 - 960. DOI : 10.1115/SBC2008-192727.

Controlled Exchange of Chromosomal Arms Reveals Principles Driving Telomere Interactions in Yeast

H. SchoberV. KalckM. Vega-PalasG. Van HouweD. Sage  et al.

Genome Research. 2008. DOI : 10.1101/gr.6687808.

Selective visualization of fluorescent sterols in Caenorhabditis elegans

D. WustnerA. L. LarsenJ. R. BrewerD. SageN. J. Faergeman

2008. 49th International Conference on the Bioscience of Lipids, Maastricht, NETHERLANDS, Aug 26-30, 2008. p. S42 - S42. DOI : 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2008.05.114.

Lung Tissue Classification Using Wavelet Frames

A. DepeursingeD. SageA. HidkiA. PlatonP.-A. Poletti  et al.

2007. p. 6259 - 6262. DOI : 10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4353786.

A Snake-Based Approach to Accurate Determination of Both Contact Points and Contact Angles

A. StalderG. KulikD. SageL. BarbieriP. Hoffmann

Colloids And Surfaces A: Physicochemical And Engineering Aspects. 2006. DOI : 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2006.03.008.

Automatic Tracking of Individual Fluorescence Particles: Application to the Study of Chromosome Dynamics

D. SageF. NeumannF. HedigerS. GasserM. Unser

IEEE Transactions on Image Processing. 2005. DOI : 10.1109/TIP.2005.852787.

Analyse des caractéristiques géométriques d'amas granulaires réels et simulés

T. ChristeT. LieblingL. PourninD. Sage

2005

PixFRET, an ImageJ Plug-in for FRET Calculation That Can Accommodate Variations in Spectral Bleed-throughs

J. FeigeD. SageW. WahliB. DesvergneL. Gelman

Microscopy Research and Technique. 2005. DOI : 10.1002/jemt.20215.

IP-LAB: A Tool to Teach Image Processing Programming in Java—Challenge in Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

平. (A. Hirabayashi)D. SageM. Unser

2005. p. 473 - 474.

Image Processing Education

U. RajashekarA. BovikD. SageM. UnserL. Karam  et al.

Handbook of Image & Video Processing (Second Edition); Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Elsevier Academic Press, 2005. p. 73 - 95.

Extended Depth-of-Focus for Multi-Channel Microscopy Images: A Complex Wavelet Approach

B. ForsterD. Van De VilleJ. BerentD. SageM. Unser

2004. p. 660 - 663. DOI : 10.1109/ISBI.2004.1398624.

Extended Depth-of-Field for Color Images in Light Microscopy: Image Fusion and 3D Visualization

B. ForsterD. Van De VilleJ. BerentN. QuackD. Sage  et al.

Proceedings of the 2004 Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society of Biomedical Engineering (SSBE'04), Zürich, Switzerland, September 2-3, 2004.

Complex Wavelets for Extended Depth-of-Field: A New Method for the Fusion of Multichannel Microscopy Images

B. ForsterD. Van De VilleJ. BerentD. SageM. Unser

Microscopy Research and Technique. 2004. DOI : 10.1002/jemt.20092.

Teaching Image-Processing Programming in Java

D. SageM. Unser

IEEE Signal Processing Magazine. 2003. DOI : 10.1109/MSP.2003.1253553.

Automatic Tracking of Particles in Dynamic Fluorescence Microscopy

D. SageF. HedigerS. GasserM. Unser

2003. p. 582 - 586. DOI : 10.1109/ISPA.2003.1296963.

Easy Java Programming for Teaching Image Processing

D. SageM. Unser

2001. p. 298 - 301. DOI : 10.1109/ICIP.2001.958110.

Enseignement et PhD

A co-dirigé les thèses EPFL de

Daniel Andreas Schmitter, Anaïs Badoual, Laurène Donati

Cours

Bioimage informatics

BIO-410

Le cours fournit une complète revue des méthodes, algorithmes et des outils logiciels utilisés en analyse d'images biologiques. Il expose les concepts fondamentaux et les solutions informatiques permettant d'extraire des informations quantitatives à partir d'images multidimensionnelles.

Image processing II

MICRO-512

Traitement d'images avancé par modélisation mathématique. Développement de logiciels de traitement d'images et prototypage dans des cahiers Jupyter ; application à des exemples concrets en vision industrielle et imagerie biomédicale.