Computational signal-to-noise ratio analysis for optical quadrature microscopy

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 2400-2422

  Warger II, William C ^a   Dimarzio, Charles A ^a  

^a Northeastern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CCD CAMERAS;

FIELD IMAGES; INDIVIDUAL PATHS; MOUSE EMBRYOS; NOISE TERMS; OPTICAL QUADRATURE; PHASE IMAGE; RMS ERRORS;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICROSCOPY, POLARIZATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 60549085963     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.002400     Document Type: Article

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