Patent ID: 8509565

Claim:
A method for optimizing multiresolution blending of confocal microscope images comprising the steps of: ( 1 ) a main processor confirming the number of images stored in a database; ( 2 ) the main processor deciding whether the number of images stored in the database to be stitched are more than two, if no, going to step ( 3 ), otherwise, going to step ( 7 ); ( 3 ) a multiscale correlation estimator proceeding pyramidal correlations; ( 4 ) a local gain-compensator gaining compensation for the overlapped region of the two images; ( 5 ) an intensity adjuster proceeding an intensity adjustment beyond the overlapped regions; ( 6 ) a stitching-position finder proceeding a dynamic programming, then going to step ( 15 ); ( 7 ) the main processor deciding whether the pyramidal correlation is a must, if yes, going step ( 8 ), otherwise, going to step ( 12 ); ( 8 ) the multiscale correlation estimator proceeding the pyramidal correlations; ( 9 ) an adjacency adjustor proceeding an adjacency adjustment; ( 10 ) the main processor deciding whether a linear adjustment by a distance map is a must, if yes, going to step ( 11 ), otherwise, going to step ( 13 ); ( 11 ) the main processor proceeding the linear adjustment by the distance map; ( 12 ) the main processor proceeding an scale invariant feature transform (SIFT); ( 13 ) a global gain compensator executing a gain compensation for the all images; ( 14 ) a multi-band blender proceeding a multi-band blending; and ( 15 ) the main processor combining the images to form the confocal microscopy image.