24 March 2022 Flat-field correction for high-throughput fluorescence microscopy
Songtao Chang, Haojie Xia
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Abstract

Uneven illumination, vignetting, and stray light lead to the undesirable decrease of response uniformity of high-throughput fluorescence imaging systems, which brings difficulties to subsequent image processing and data analysis. Here, we propose a flat-field correction method using array targets specially designed for fluorescence microscopy. Based on several dedicated correction sources and the response model, the proposed algorithm performs step-by-step correction to eliminate nonuniformities caused by stray light, high-frequency inhomogeneity, and low-frequency response inhomogeneity. For verification, the correction method is applied to a high-throughput microscopic imaging system with several time-delay-integration detectors. Experimental results show that the proposed flat-field correction method is effective and practical.

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Songtao Chang and Haojie Xia "Flat-field correction for high-throughput fluorescence microscopy," Optical Engineering 61(3), 034107 (24 March 2022). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.61.3.034107
Received: 29 October 2021; Accepted: 9 February 2022; Published: 24 March 2022
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KEYWORDS
Luminescence

Microscopy

Imaging systems

Nonuniformity corrections

Sensors

Stray light

Optical engineering

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