Multi-image based method to correct vignetting effect in light microscopy images

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 248, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 6-22

  Piccinini, F ^a   Lucarelli, E ^b   Gherardi, A ^a   Bevilacqua, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Background segmentation; Flat field correction; Image processing; Real time mosaicing; Uneven illumination; Wide field microscopy

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING;

BACKGROUND SEGMENTATION; FLAT FIELD CORRECTION; IMAGE-BASED METHODS; IMAGES PROCESSING; MOSAICING; MULTI-IMAGES; REAL TIME MOSAICING; REAL- TIME; UNEVEN ILLUMINATIONS; WIDE-FIELD MICROSCOPIES;

LUMINANCE;

ALGORITHM; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BONE TISSUE; BRIGHTNESS; CELL CULTURE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; VIGNETTING;

EID: 84866183245     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2012.03645.x     Document Type: Article

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