EDGE-PRESERVING RESTORATION IN 2-D FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY

Procedures for software image restoration can be useful for studying b iological events. This is especially true in the case of low light-int ensity fluorescence images, obtained with both wide-field and confocal microscopy. This review describes most of the algorithms for image re storation, with particular emphasis on edge-preserving procedures, and shows the results of their application to synthetic and fluorescence 2-D images. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.