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