I think that you can search for some top-hat filtering, if i remember well could be useful to remove uneven illumination background
http://it.mathworks.com/help/images/ref/imtophat.htmlI don't know if exist some already exissting FIJI plugin that does that, but maybe yes.
Have a nice day,
Emanuele Martini
Image Analyst @Ifom-IEO research campus -MI-