TOWARDS RELIABLE AUTOFOCUSING IN AUTOMATED MICROSCOPY

Silvie Luisa Brázdilová

2007

Abstract

The results presented in this paper are twofold. First, autofocusing in automated microscopy is studied and evaluated with respect to biomedical samples whose images can have more than one in-focus planes. While the proposed procedure for finding the maximum of a focus function in a short time works satisfactorily, the focus function itself is identified as the weakest link of the whole process. Second, an interesting property of functions used for genetic programming, and an algorithm for generating new individuals are introduced. Their usefulness and applicability are demonstrated on the problem of finding a new focus function for automated autofocusing in microscopy.

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Luisa Brázdilová S. (2007). TOWARDS RELIABLE AUTOFOCUSING IN AUTOMATED MICROSCOPY . In Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 1: ICINCO, ISBN 978-972-8865-82-5, pages 440-447. DOI: 10.5220/0001639704400447


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@conference{icinco07,
author={Silvie Luisa Brázdilová},
title={TOWARDS RELIABLE AUTOFOCUSING IN AUTOMATED MICROSCOPY},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 1: ICINCO,},
year={2007},
pages={440-447},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001639704400447},
isbn={978-972-8865-82-5},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 1: ICINCO,
TI - TOWARDS RELIABLE AUTOFOCUSING IN AUTOMATED MICROSCOPY
SN - 978-972-8865-82-5
AU - Luisa Brázdilová S.
PY - 2007
SP - 440
EP - 447
DO - 10.5220/0001639704400447