Deep learning of Nanopore sensing signals using a bi-path network

D Dematties, C Wen, MD Pérez, D Zhou, SL Zhang - ACS nano, 2021 - ACS Publications
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Temporal changes in electrical resistance of a nanopore sensor caused by translocating
target analytes are recorded as a sequence of pulses on current traces. Prevalent algorithms
for feature extraction in pulse-like signals lack objectivity because empirical amplitude
thresholds are user-defined to single out the pulses from the noisy background. Here, we
use deep learning for feature extraction based on a bi-path network (B-Net). After training,
the B-Net acquires the prototypical pulses and the ability of both pulse recognition and …
Temporal changes in electrical resistance of a nanopore sensor caused by translocating target analytes are recorded as a sequence of pulses on current traces. Prevalent algorithms for feature extraction in pulse-like signals lack objectivity because empirical amplitude thresholds are user-defined to single out the pulses from the noisy background. Here, we use deep learning for feature extraction based on a bi-path network (B-Net). After training, the B-Net acquires the prototypical pulses and the ability of both pulse recognition and feature extraction without a priori assigned parameters. The B-Net is evaluated on simulated data sets and further applied to experimental data of DNA and protein translocation. The B-Net results are characterized by small relative errors and stable trends. The B-Net is further shown capable of processing data with a signal-to-noise ratio equal to 1, an impossibility for threshold-based algorithms. The B-Net presents a generic architecture applicable to pulse-like signals beyond nanopore currents.
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