™Huygens Image Quality Control
Automatically identifies issues in your image
If you're uncertain about your acquisition, unsure how check the quality of your image, or aiming to monitor your microscope's performance, this unique Huygens Image Quality Control option is your invaluable companion! Automatically detecting common pitfalls affecting image quality in every microscopic image, this tool improves your science.
The Image Quality Control (QC) option is available for both Huygens Essential and Professional. It meticulously searches for a wide array of imaging issues in both sample and bead (calibration) data. Comprehensive details of potential issues are clearly presented and explained. In case of bead images, a broad set of point spread function (PSF) properties are provided. Options to promptly fix the detected issues can be directly accessed from the QC tool. A free online version of the QC tool with limited functionality is available on this webpage.Automatic Quality Control
Immediate Correction
Monitor your microscope PSF
Quality Control of any image
Simply select a sample or bead/calibration image and start the QC tool. Within minutes a status report is presented with clear information about each identified issue, along with guidance on how to prevent and solve them.
Huygens QC option checks for the following image properties and issues:
Microscopic parameters Relative Nyquist Rates Signal-to-Noise (SNR) estimation Clipping Bleaching Crosstalk Hot and Cold pixels Chromatic Aberration Detector Alignment (useful for Array Detector data) Stabilization PSF Shape (when using bead images, see below)
PSF shape analysis
Huygens Quality Control option is able to check bead image data for all the issues described above. In addition, it determines the level of the Point-spread-function (PSF) quality of your microscope, and offers a full report which can be exported as a CSV file for monitoring the microscope performance. This report includes the following parameters:
FWHM bead average FWHM PSF FWHM theoretical PSF PSF asymmetry PSF surface sphericity PSF tilting PSF skewed intensities
Note: PSF shape analysis in the QC option requires the PSF Distiller option.
The Huygens Image Quality Control tool is also available online for FREE!
Simply upload your image and recieve a QC report in PDF format.
Huygens tools for Image Restoration
The Quality Control tool seamlessly incorporates the various Huygens restoration options, providing the most effective and straightforward method to not only identify, but also to correct the potential issues in your data. Some options are already present in Essential and Professional, whereas others can be added as a option.
Huygens Hot&Cold Pixel Remover Huygens Bleaching Corrector Huygens Crosstalk Corrector (option) Huygens Chromatic Aberration Corrector (option) Huygens Object Stabilizer (option) Huygens PSF Distiller (option)