Applied Materials, Inc.
IDENTIFYING FIDUCIAL MARKERS IN FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPE IMAGES

Abstract:

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for obtaining a fluorescence microscope image that depicts a sample and a plurality of fiducial markers, identifying the plurality of fiducial markers in the image, and using the plurality of fiducial markers to register the image. The sample and the plurality of fiducial markers have a common fluorescence color, and identifying the plurality of fiducial markers in the image includes comparing a spatial intensity distribution of a plurality of fluorescent regions of the image to a reference distribution function.