Abstract
Fluorescence microscopy imaging speed is fundamentally limited by the measurement signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). To improve image SNR for a given image acquisition rate, computational denoising techniques can be used to suppress noise.However, common techniques to estimate a denoised image froma single frame either are computationally expensive or rely on simple noise statistical models. These models assume Poisson or Gaussian noise statistics, which are not appropriate for many fluorescence microscopy applications that contain quantum shot noise and electronic Johnson- Nyquist noise, therefore a mixture of Poisson andGaussian noise. In this paper, we show convolutional neural networks (CNNs) trained on mixed Poisson and Gaussian noise images to overcome the limitations of existing image denoising methods. The trained CNN is presented as an open-source ImageJ plugin that performs real-time image denoising (within tens of milliseconds) with superior performance (SNR improvement) compared to conventional fluorescence microscopy denoising methods. The method is validated on external datasets with out-of-distribution noise, contrast, structure, and imaging modalities fromthe training data and consistently achieves high-performance (>8 dB) denoising in less time than other fluorescence microscopy denoising methods.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 335-345 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Optica |
Volume | 9 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Apr 2022 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics