Research Article
Colour Vignetting Correction for Microscopy Image Mosaics Used for Quantitative Analyses
Table 1
Main features of the sets used in the experiments.
| set name | main image’s characteristics | microscope, magnification | pixel in saturation | vignetting effect |
| PANCREAS | Pancreas histology characterized by a very strong vignetting effect | Nikon 10x phase-contrast | present | high |
| FLY | Fruit fly characterized by a very strong vignetting effect | Optika 4x brightfield | present | high |
| BONEa | Bone tissue with fully-saturated pixels in the red channel | Nikon 10x brightfield | present | low |
| BONEb | Bone tissue characterized by a low contrast | Nikon 10x phase-contrast | no present | low |
| STOMACH | Stomach histology characterized by a low vignetting effect | Optika 4x brightfield | no present | low |
| TESTICLE | Testicle histology characterized by a low vignetting effect | Optika 4x brightfield | no present | low |
| MSC | Living mesenchymal stem cells characterized by a low contrast | Nikon 10x phase-contrast | no present | low |
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