Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 61, Issue 14, 1437012(2024)

Improvement in Asymmetric Structure with Dual Optical Path of Surgical Microscopes and Image Fusion

Yumeng Chen1, Yi Wang1、*, Zeyuan Liu1, Wenguang Chen2, Huaiyu Cai1, and Xiaodong Chen1
Author Affiliations
  • 1Key Laboratory of Optoelectronics Information Technology (Ministry of Education), School of Precision Instruments and Optoelectronics Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
  • 2Shanghai Medi Works Precision Instrument Incorporated Company, Shanghai 200237, China
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    Structure of stereo light microscope. (a) Greenough microscope; (b) common main objective microscope
    Depth of field and resolution at different apertures. (a) Depth of field at different apertures; (b) maximum resolution distance at different apertures
    Schematic of asymmetric aperture modification
    Flow diagram of the proposed algorithm
    Error of focus area. (a) Error of initial registration; (b) error after ECC optimization
    Flow diagram of the image fusion algorithm
    Selection mode of sample pair
    Diagram of microscope system. (a) SZX7 microscope system; (b) module of aperture diaphragm
    Captured image and partial magnification. (a) High resolution image and partial magnification; (b) large depth of field image and partial magnification
    Captured source images. (a) (c) High resolution images; (b) (d) large depth of field images
    Comparison of image fusion results. (a) High-resolution source images; (b) large depth-of-field source images; (c) Laplacian algorithm; (d) edge filtering algorithm; (e) guided filtering weighted detection; (f) CNN; (g) proposed algorithm
    Image fusion evaluation results. (a) Changes of average gradient; (b) changes of edge intensity
    • Table 1. Comparison of image fusion evaluation indexes of different algorithms

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      Table 1. Comparison of image fusion evaluation indexes of different algorithms

      Evaluation indexLaplacianEdge filteringGuided filteringCNNProposed algorithm
      QMI3.72654.87685.01995.07505.1586
      QABF0.46600.60800.61460.61300.6302
      SSIM0.80800.79220.80160.81570.8106
      VIF0.64300.85780.85640.88180.8941
    • Table 2. Comparison of source images and fusion images

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      Table 2. Comparison of source images and fusion images

      Evaluation indexOriginal imageFused image
      Average gradient2.62562.9071
      Edge intensity26.193929.2453
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    Yumeng Chen, Yi Wang, Zeyuan Liu, Wenguang Chen, Huaiyu Cai, Xiaodong Chen. Improvement in Asymmetric Structure with Dual Optical Path of Surgical Microscopes and Image Fusion[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2024, 61(14): 1437012

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    Paper Information

    Category: Digital Image Processing

    Received: Dec. 1, 2023

    Accepted: Jan. 5, 2024

    Published Online: Jul. 8, 2024

    The Author Email: Yi Wang (koala_wy@tju.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/LOP232602

    CSTR:32186.14.LOP232602

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