Image enhancement of microscopic fluorescence images

Volkmar Betz; Joerg-Uwe Meyer

doi:10.1117/12.230021

15 January 1996 Image enhancement of microscopic fluorescence images

Volkmar Betz, Joerg-Uwe Meyer

Proceedings Volume 2628, Optical and Imaging Techniques for Biomonitoring; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.230021
Event: BiOS Europe '95, 1995, Barcelona, Spain

Abstract

Two methods are proposed to improve microscopic fluorescence images. In the first method, the second derivative of the image is taken with respect to the focal depth. To obtain the derivative, the focus of the microscope objective is modulated piezoelectrically by 5 - 10 micrometer, and three images with focal positions z plus h, z and z minus h are taken. The resulting image is calculated according to the formula h² f'(z) approximately equals 2f(z)-f(z plus h)- f(z minus h) that follows immediately from Taylors formula. In the second method, a 2D- Fourier transform is applied to the image, followed by multiplication with a model function that reduces low spatial frequencies. Then, the image is transformed back into the spatial domain. The improvements are demonstrated on fluorescence microscopical images of bronchial tumor tissue.

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Volkmar Betz and Joerg-Uwe Meyer "Image enhancement of microscopic fluorescence images", Proc. SPIE 2628, Optical and Imaging Techniques for Biomonitoring, (15 January 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.230021

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Luminescence

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Spatial frequencies

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