Colocalization analysis yields superior results after image restoration
Colocalization analysis yields superior results after image restoration
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DOI:
10.1002/jemt.20066
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发表时间:
2004-06-01
影响因子:
2.5
通讯作者:
Marbet, P
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作者:
Landmann, L;Marbet, P
Colocalization analysis is a powerful tool for the demonstration of spatial and temporal overlap in the distribution patterns of fluorescent probes. In unprocessed images, background affects image quality by impairing resolution and obscuring image detail in the low-intensity range. Because confocal images suffer from background levels up to 30% maximum intensity, colocalization analysis, which is a typical segmentation process, is limited to high-intensity signal. In addition, noise-induced, false-positive events ("dust") may skew the results. Therefore, suppression of background is crucial for this type of image analysis. Analysis of synthetic and biological objects demonstrates that median filtering is able to eliminate noise-induced colocalization events successfully. Its disadvantages include the occasional generation of false-positive and false-negative results as well as the inherent impairment of resolution. In contrast, image restoration by deconvolution suppresses background to very low levels (