Image processing method for microscopic image, computer readable medium, image processing apparatus, image processing system, and microscope system
AssigneeEvident Corporation
InventorYasuo Yonemaru
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Abstract
An image processing method includes: generating two images by performing two image enhancement processes for a microscopic image; and generating a corrected image obtained by compositing the two images, wherein the generating the two images includes generating a high-frequency enhanced image in which high-frequency components of the microscopic image are enhanced relative to low-frequency components of the microscopic image that have a lower frequency than the high-frequency components, and generating a microstructure enhanced image in which a microstructure in an observation sample included in the microscopic image is enhanced.
Claims20
An image processing method comprising:
- generating two images by performing two image enhancement processes for a microscopic image;
- and
- generating a corrected image obtained by compositing the two images, wherein
- the generating the two images includes
- generating a high-frequency enhanced image in which high-frequency components of the microscopic image are enhanced relative to low-frequency components of the microscopic image that have a lower frequency than the high-frequency components, and
- generating a microstructure enhanced image in which a microstructure in an observation sample included in the microscopic image is enhanced.
A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored therein a program for causing a computer to perform:
- a process of generating two images by performing two image enhancement processes for a microscopic image, the process of generating including
- generating a high-frequency enhanced image in which high-frequency components of the microscopic image are enhanced relative to low-frequency components of the microscopic image that have a lower frequency than the high-frequency components, and
- generating a microstructure enhanced image in which a microstructure in an observation sample included in the microscopic image is enhanced;
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- a process of generating a corrected image obtained by compositing the two images.
An image processing apparatus comprising:
- an image enhancement unit that generates two images by performing two image enhancement processes for a microscopic image;
- and
- a corrected-image generation unit that generates a corrected image obtained by compositing the two images, wherein
- the image enhancement unit
- generates a high-frequency enhanced image in which high-frequency components of the microscopic image are enhanced relative to low-frequency components of the microscopic image that have a lower frequency than the high-frequency components, and
- generates a microstructure enhanced image in which a microstructure in an observation sample included in the microscopic image is enhanced.
A microscope system comprising:
- a microscope apparatus that obtains a microscopic image;
- an image processing apparatus that generates a corrected image from the microscopic image obtained by the microscope apparatus;
- a display apparatus that displays the corrected image generated by the image processing apparatus;
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- an input apparatus that inputs information corresponding to a user operation to the image processing apparatus, wherein
- when the input apparatus has input information commanding to reduce an artifact that has arisen in the microscopic image,
- the image processing apparatus generates a high-frequency enhanced image in which high-frequency components of the microscopic image are enhanced relative to low-frequency components of the microscopic image that have a lower frequency than the high-frequency components and a microstructure enhanced image in which a microstructure in an observation sample included in the microscopic image is enhanced and generates the corrected image obtained by compositing the high-frequency enhanced image and the microstructure enhanced image.
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