TY - GEN
T1 - Ultraweak bioluminescence imaging and image processing
AU - Chen, Tianming
AU - Wang, Susheng
AU - Li, Qin
AU - Yu, Xin
PY - 1996
Y1 - 1996
N2 - A photon counting imaging system which can detect emission down to the order of 1 counts cm -2 sec -1 (at the photocathode) has been developed, and it has been used to obtain the ultraweak bioluminescence images of a living Kunming mouse. In this paper, we give statistical analysis for calculation of the photon distribution in images obtained, and we use Chi-square (χ 2) statistic to get signal and noise distribution to process these images. It has been proved that the imaging system has the ability in detecting ultraweak bioluminescence of animals, and the statistical method for image processing can effectively increase the signal/noise ratio and improve the image quality.
AB - A photon counting imaging system which can detect emission down to the order of 1 counts cm -2 sec -1 (at the photocathode) has been developed, and it has been used to obtain the ultraweak bioluminescence images of a living Kunming mouse. In this paper, we give statistical analysis for calculation of the photon distribution in images obtained, and we use Chi-square (χ 2) statistic to get signal and noise distribution to process these images. It has been proved that the imaging system has the ability in detecting ultraweak bioluminescence of animals, and the statistical method for image processing can effectively increase the signal/noise ratio and improve the image quality.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:0030385210
SN - 0819422959
SN - 9780819422958
T3 - Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
SP - 276
EP - 281
BT - Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
A2 - Frederick, William G.
A2 - Su, Junhong
A2 - Wigdor, Marc
T2 - Detectors, Focal Plane Arrays, and Applications
Y2 - 4 November 1996 through 5 November 1996
ER -