Impact of the optical depth of field on cytogenetic image quality

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Qiu, Yuchen ^a   Chen, Xiaodong ^a,b   Li, Yuhua ^a   Zheng, Bin ^c   Li, Shibo ^d   Chen, Wei R ^e   Liu, Hong ^a  

^a University of Oklahoma   (United States)

^b TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

depth of field, cytogenetic image quality; digital pathology

Indexed keywords

CYTOGENETIC IMAGE; DIGITAL IMAGE; DIGITAL MICROSCOPIC IMAGES; HIGH-PRECISION; METAPHASE CELLS; MICROSCOPIC IMAGE; MICROSCOPIC SYSTEM; OBJECTIVE LENS; OPTICAL DEPTH; OUT-OF-FOCUS; RANDOM VIBRATIONS; THEORETICAL ESTIMATION;

OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

IMAGE QUALITY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME MAP; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LENSES; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84870594356     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JBO.17.9.096017     Document Type: Article

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