Retraction Note: A hybrid YOLO-UNet3D framework for automated protein particle annotation in Cryo-ET images

Ziyang Liu^#^{1

2}, Chunhong Yuan^#^{1

3}, Zixin Zhang^{1

4}, Xiang Zhou², Xiangyu Li⁵, Zhen Tian⁶, Yuting Pei⁷, Zuowen Jiang³, Zhikui Tian⁸

Affiliations

¹ School of Rehabilitation Medicine, Qilu Medical University, Zibo, 255300, China.
² College of Computer Science and Technology, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, 221116, China.
³ Laboratory of Intelligent Home Appliances, College of Science and Technology, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315300, China.
⁴ Department of Mathematical Game Theory and Statistical Solutions, Saint Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 198504.
⁵ Department of Electronic Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China.
⁶ James Watt School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G128QQ, UK.
⁷ Department of TV Broadcasting and TV Production, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia, 420073.
⁸ School of Rehabilitation Medicine, Qilu Medical University, Zibo, 255300, China. tianzhikui678@163.com.

^# Contributed equally.

Ziyang Liu et al. Sci Rep. 2025.

. 2025 Dec 8;15(1):43290.

doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-30984-5.

Ziyang Liu^#^{1

2}, Chunhong Yuan^#^{1

3}, Zixin Zhang^{1

4}, Xiang Zhou², Xiangyu Li⁵, Zhen Tian⁶, Yuting Pei⁷, Zuowen Jiang³, Zhikui Tian⁸

¹ School of Rehabilitation Medicine, Qilu Medical University, Zibo, 255300, China.
² College of Computer Science and Technology, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, 221116, China.
³ Laboratory of Intelligent Home Appliances, College of Science and Technology, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315300, China.
⁴ Department of Mathematical Game Theory and Statistical Solutions, Saint Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 198504.
⁵ Department of Electronic Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China.
⁶ James Watt School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G128QQ, UK.
⁷ Department of TV Broadcasting and TV Production, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia, 420073.
⁸ School of Rehabilitation Medicine, Qilu Medical University, Zibo, 255300, China. tianzhikui678@163.com.

^# Contributed equally.

No abstract available

Retraction of

A hybrid YOLO-UNet3D framework for automated protein particle annotation in Cryo-ET images.
Liu Z, Yuan C, Zhang Z, Zhou X, Li X, Tian Z, Pei Y, Jiang Z, Tian Z. Liu Z, et al. Sci Rep. 2025 Jul 11;15(1):25033. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-09522-w. Sci Rep. 2025. Retraction in: Sci Rep. 2025 Dec 8;15(1):43290. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-30984-5. PMID: 40646021 Free PMC article. Retracted.

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