TY - JOUR
T1 - Three-dimensional enhancement of confocal scanning laser fluorescence microscope images for vascular reconstruction
AU - Ip, Horace H. S.
AU - Feng, Judy J.
AU - Cheng, Shuk H.
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - This paper presents a fast method for enhancing the images of the vascular network of zebrafish embryo from Confocal Scanning Laser Microscope (CSLM) stained with fluorescent probe. Specifically, we split the 3D enhancement process into two separate stages and adopt different methods respectively to deconvolve the lateral and optical directions in the observed images. The resulting algorithm increased both lateral and optical resolution and decreased the out of focus light of the images. The enhanced volumetric image is characterized by an improvement both in contrast and edge definition. The algorithm can be efficiently implemented on a general PC and the computation time is small even for the case of large volume of images. The value of the method for enhancing fluorescence images of biological objects is demonstrated by a comparison of the results of 3D vascular reconstruction. © 2002 IEEE.
AB - This paper presents a fast method for enhancing the images of the vascular network of zebrafish embryo from Confocal Scanning Laser Microscope (CSLM) stained with fluorescent probe. Specifically, we split the 3D enhancement process into two separate stages and adopt different methods respectively to deconvolve the lateral and optical directions in the observed images. The resulting algorithm increased both lateral and optical resolution and decreased the out of focus light of the images. The enhanced volumetric image is characterized by an improvement both in contrast and edge definition. The algorithm can be efficiently implemented on a general PC and the computation time is small even for the case of large volume of images. The value of the method for enhancing fluorescence images of biological objects is demonstrated by a comparison of the results of 3D vascular reconstruction. © 2002 IEEE.
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U2 - 10.1109/ICPR.2002.1048163
DO - 10.1109/ICPR.2002.1048163
M3 - RGC 22 - Publication in policy or professional journal
SN - 1051-4651
VL - 16
SP - 863
EP - 866
JO - Proceedings - International Conference on Pattern Recognition
JF - Proceedings - International Conference on Pattern Recognition
IS - 3
ER -