Advanced Photonics Nexus, Volume. 4, Issue 6, (2025)

Fluorescence Microscopy Image Denoising via a Wavelet-Enhanced Transformer based DnCNN Network [Early Posting]

Chen Xueli, Shen Shuhao, cao mingxuan, Tan Weikai, Du E
Author Affiliations
  • Xidian University
  • Southeast University
  • Shenzhen Institute of Information Technology
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    Fluorescence microscopy is indispensable in life-science research, yet denoising remains challenging due to varied biological samples and imaging conditions. We introduce a Wavelet-Enhanced Transformer-DnCNN that fuses wavelet preprocessing with a dual-branch Transformer–CNN architecture. Wavelet decomposition separates high- and low-frequency components for targeted noise reduction; the CNN branch restores local details while the Transformer branch captures global context; and an adaptive loss balances quantitative fidelity with perceptual quality. On the Fluorescence Microscopy Denoising (FMD) benchmark, our method surpasses leading CNN- and Transformer-based approaches, improving PSNR by 2.34% and 0.88% and SSIM by 0.53% and 1.07%, respectively. This framework offers enhanced generalization and practical gains for fluorescence image denoising.

    Paper Information

    Manuscript Accepted: Aug. 18, 2025

    Posted: Sep. 24, 2025

    DOI: APN