公开(公告)号：US20240290117A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-29

申请号：US18586622

申请日：2024-02-26

Applicant: LEICA MICROSYSTEMS CMS GMBH

Inventor： Luis ALVAREZ ,  Frank HECHT ,  Julia ROBERTI ,  Giulia OSSATO

IPC: G06V20/69 ,  G01N21/64 ,  G06V10/25

CPC classification number: G06V20/698 ,  G01N21/6408 ,  G01N21/6458 ,  G06V10/25 ,  G06V20/693 ,  G06V20/695

Abstract: A processor for lifetime-based unmixing in fluorescence microscopy is configured to acquire an image having a plurality of pixels, each pixel providing information on photon count and photon arrival times, generate a phasor plot that is a vector space representation of the image, partition the image into image segments, evaluate the image segments according to total photon counts of the corresponding subsets of pixels, and execute a lifetime classification by selecting an image segment having a largest total photon count, determining a region of interest in the image encompassing the image segment, determining a phasor subset in the phasor plot corresponding to the region of interest, and generating a lifetime class including a set of image segments corresponding to the phasor subset. A plurality of lifetime classes is generated by iteratively executing the lifetime classification. The processor is configured to perform lifetime-based unmixing using the life-time classes.