Blind image deconvolution using machine learning for three-dimensional microscopy

IEEE Trans Pattern Anal Mach Intell. 2010 Dec;32(12):2191-204. doi: 10.1109/TPAMI.2010.45.

Abstract

In this work, we propose a novel method for the regularization of blind deconvolution algorithms. The proposed method employs example-based machine learning techniques for modeling the space of point spread functions. During an iterative blind deconvolution process, a prior term attracts the point spread function estimates to the learned point spread function space. We demonstrate the usage of this regularizer within a Bayesian blind deconvolution framework and also integrate into the latter a method for noise reduction, thus creating a complete blind deconvolution method. The application of the proposed algorithm is demonstrated on synthetic and real-world three-dimensional images acquired by a wide-field fluorescence microscope, where the need for blind deconvolution algorithms is indispensable, yielding excellent results.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms*
  • Artificial Intelligence*
  • Bayes Theorem
  • Computer Simulation
  • Databases, Factual
  • Fourier Analysis
  • Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / methods*
  • Microscopy, Fluorescence / methods*
  • Principal Component Analysis