Parametric Blind Deconvolution for Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy (CLSM)-Proof of Concept
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We propose a method for the iterative restoration of fluorescence Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope (CLSM) images with parametric estimation of the acquisition system’s Point Spread Function (PSF). The CLSM is an optical fluorescence microscope that scans a specimen in 3D and uses a pinhole to reject most of the out-of-focus light. However, the quality of the image suffers from two primary physical limitations. The first is due to the diffraction-limited nature of the optical system and the second is due to the reduced amount of light detected by the photomultiplier tube (PMT). These limitations cause blur and photon counting noise respectively. The images can hence benefit frompost-processing restoration methods based on deconvolution. An efficient method for parametric blind image deconvolution involves the simultaneous estimation of the specimen 3D distribution of fluorescent sources and the microscope PSF. By using a model for the microscope image acquisition physical process, we reduce the number of free parameters describing the PSF and introduce constraints. The parameters of the PSF may vary during the course of experimentation, and so they have to be estimated directly from the observation data. We also introduce a priori knowledge of the specimen that permits stabilization of the estimation process and favorizes the convergence. Experiments on simulated data show that the PSF could be estimated with a higher degree of accuracy and those done on real data show very good deconvolution results in comparison to the theoretical microscope PSF model. Key-words: Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope (CLSM), Bayesian restoration, blind deconvolution, Point Spread Function (PSF), Richardson-Lucy (RL), Total Variation (TV), parameter estimation ∗ ARIANA Project-team, CNRS/INRIA/UNSA, 2004 Route des lucioles-BP93, 06902 Sophia-Antipolis Cedex, France † Quantitative Image Analysis Unit, Institut Pasteur, 25-28 rue du Docteur Roux, 75015 Paris, France ‡ Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel 76100. Déconvolution aveugle paramétrique en imagerie de Microscopie Confocale à Balayage Laser (CLSM). Résumé : Nous proposons une méthode de restauration itérative d’images de fluorescence CLSM et d’estimation paramétrique de la fonction de flou (PSF) du système d’acquisition. Le CLSM est un microscope qui balaye un échantillon en 3D et utilise une sténopée pour rejeter la lumière en dehors du point de focalisation. Néanmoins, la qualité des images souffre de deux limitations physiques. La première est due à la diffraction due au système optique et la seconde est due à la quantité réduite de lumière détectée par le tube photo-multiplicateur (PMT). Ces limitations induisent respectivement un flou et du bruit de comptage de photons. Les images peuvent alors bénéficier d’un post-traitement de restauration fondé sur la déconvolution. Le problème à traiter est l’estimation simultanée de la distribution 3D de l’échantillon des sources fluorescentes et de la PSF du microscope (i.e. de déconvolution aveugle). En utilisant un modèle de processus physique d’acquisition d’images microscopiques (CLSM), on réduit le nombre de paramètres libres décrivant la PSF et on introduit des contraintes. On introduit aussi des connaissances a priori sur l’échantillon ce qui permet de stabiliser le processus d’estimation et de favoriser la convergence. Des expériences sur des données synthétiques montrent que la PSF peut être estimée avec précision. Des expériences sur des données réelles montrent de bons resultats de déconvolution en comparaison avec le modèle théorique de la PSF du microscope. Mots-clés : Microscopie Confocale à Balayage Laser (CLSM), restauration Bayésienne, déconvolution aveugle, la fonction de flou (PSF), Richardson-Lucy (RL), Variation Totale (TV), estimation paramétrique Parametric Blind Deconvolution for Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy (CLSM) i
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