Signal to Noise Ratio
Channel: Microcourses
Date: 2019-08-09

This video describes a critical property of images collected with a microscope - the signal to noise ratio. It also provides lots of tips for increasing signal and reducing noise in your images. Enjoy!

References & Resources:
Photon efficiency of imaging modalities: DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2007.01861.x
Maximizing precision of intensity measurements: DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200903097
Detector Noise: https://www.microscopyu.com/tutorials/ccd-signal-to-noise-ratio

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:58 Why SNR is critical
2:03 Poisson noise
3:43 Detector noise
4:28 Collecting more signal
8:17 Reducing noise
10:37 High contrast is not the same as high SNR!