Fluorescence imaging for whole slide scanning using LED-based color sequential illumination

In the field of pathology there is an ongoing transition to the use of Whole Slide Imaging (WSI) systems which scan tissue slides at intermediate resolution (0∼.25 μm) and high throughput (15mm²=min) to digital image files. Most scanners currently on the market are line-sensor based push-broom scanners for three-color (RGB)...

Impact of partial coherence on the apparent optical transfer function derived from the response to amplitude edges

We present an investigation of the impact of partial coherence on optical imaging systems with the focus on whole slide imaging (WSI) systems for digital pathology. The investigation is based on the analysis of the edge response of the optical system, which gives rise to an apparent optical transfer function (OTF) that can be linked to two...

Shack-Hartmann sensor based optical quality testing of whole slide imaging systems for digital pathology

Whole Slide Imaging (WSI) systems are used in the emerging field of digital pathology for capturing high-resolution images of tissue slides at high throughput. We present a technique to measure the optical aberrations of WSI systems using a Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensor as a function of field position. The resulting full-field aberration maps...

Image filtering for microcopy

Filtering module for transforming one or more input images into at least one synthesized output image is described wherein one or more input images are generated by an optical- digital imaging system associated with a non-filtered optical transfer function and wherein said filter module comprises: one or more filtering functions that are...

Differences in Nuclear DNA Organization Between Lymphocytes, Hodgkin and Reed–Sternberg Cells Revealed by Structured Illumination Microscopy

Advances in light microscopy have enabled the visualization of DNA in the interphase nucleus with more detail than is visible with conventional light microscopy. The nuclear architecture is assumed to be different in cancer cells compared to normal cells. In this paper we have studied, for the first time, the organization of nuclear DNA and that...

Three-dimensional structured illumination microscopy using Lukosz bound apodization reduces pixel negativity at no resolution cost

The quality of the reconstructed image in structured illumination microscopy (SIM) depends on various aspects of the image filtering process. To optimize the trade-off between resolution and ringing artifacts, which lead to negative intensities, we extend Lukosz-bound filtering to 3D SIM and derive the parametrization of the 3D SIM cut-off. We...

Image filtering in structured illumination microscopy using the Lukosz bound

Various aspects of image filtering affect the final image quality in Structured Illumination Microscopy, in particular the regularization parameter and type of regularization function, the relative height of the side bands, and the shape of the apodization function. We propose an apodization filter without adjustable parameters based on the...

In-line x-ray phase-contrast tomography and diffraction-contrast tomography study of the ferrite-cementite microstructure in steel

This work presents the development of a non-destructive imaging technique for the investigation of the microstructure of cementite grains embedded in a ferrite matrix of medium-carbon steel. The measurements were carried out at the material science beamline of the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) ID11. It was shown that in-line X...

A fast algorithm for computing and correcting the CTF for tilted, thick specimens in TEM

Today, the resolution in phase-contrast cryo-electron tomography is for a significant part limited by the contrast transfer function (CTF) of the microscope. The CTF is a function of defocus and thus varies spatially as a result of the tilting of the specimen and the finite specimen thickness. Models that include spatial dependencies have not...