Noise-induced systematic errors in ratio imaging: Serious artefacts and correction with multi-resolution denoising

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 228, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 123-131

  Wang, Yu Li ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Image processing; Microscopy; Wavelet

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; ENERGY TRANSFER; FORSTER RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; IMAGE PROCESSING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

CELL BIOLOGY; CONFORMATIONAL CHANGE; DE-NOISING; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; IMAGES PROCESSING; LIVING CELL; LOW SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; MULTIPLE IMAGE; RATIOMETRIC; WAVELET;

SYSTEMATIC ERRORS;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BIOSENSOR; CALCULATION; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NOISE REDUCTION; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PHOTOMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SYSTEMATIC ERROR;

EID: 35548940699     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2007.01834.x     Document Type: Article

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