Fuzzy logic and maximum a posteriori-based image restoration for confocal microscopy

Opt Lett. 2006 Dec 15;31(24):3582-4. doi: 10.1364/ol.31.003582.

Abstract

We propose a maximum a posteriori image restoration approach to 3D confocal microscopy. The image field is suitably modeled as a Markov random field, resulting in a Gibbs distributed image. A fuzzy-logic-based potential is employed in the Gibbs prior. Unlike other potentials, the fuzzy potential distinguishes intensity variation due to genuine edges and noise. The proposed approach has generated artifact-free restored confocal microscopy images.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms*
  • Artificial Intelligence*
  • Fuzzy Logic
  • Image Enhancement / methods*
  • Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / methods*
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional / methods*
  • Microscopy, Confocal / methods*
  • Pattern Recognition, Automated / methods*