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Re: automatic detection out-of-focus images

Posted by Daniel James White on Mar 12, 2011; 7:29am
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/JACoP-parameter-and-PSF-tp3685080p3685091.html

Hi Elizabeth,

On Mar 12, 2011, at 6:08 AM, IMAGEJ automatic digest system wrote:

>
> Date:    Fri, 11 Mar 2011 19:01:24 +0100
> From:    Crowell Elizabeth <[hidden email]>
> Subject: automatic detection out-of-focus images
>
> Hello fellow ImageJ users,
>
> Has anyone developed an algorithm in ImageJ for determining if an image
> is out-of-focus?

yes, several.

See
http://pacific.mpi-cbg.de/wiki/index.php/Extended_Depth_of_Field

>
> I managed to flag images that are likely to be out-of-focus based on
> intensity measurements of DAPI (nuclear) staining after running Find
> Edges and thresholding, but any method based on intensity seems to fail
> from one experiment to the next, since the global intensity varies
> depending on staining success and lamp power, etc.

Yes, thats the case.

>  I did not find any
> plugins or macros on the ImageJ site that present such a screening
> procedure.

http://pacific.mpi-cbg.de/wiki/index.php/Extended_Depth_of_Field

>
> I'm sure someone out there must know of a way to do this well, since it
> is a common problem!

its been worked on a lots...

so you should be able to use  ideas from
http://pacific.mpi-cbg.de/wiki/index.php/Extended_Depth_of_Field
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focus_stacking

cheers

Dan



>
> Kind Regards,
>
>
>
> Elizabeth CROWELL

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