METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMPRESSING Z-STACK MICROSCOPY IMAGES

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apparatus and a method for compressing z-stack microscopy images.SOLUTION: A method for compressing Z-stack microscopy images includes: a step 504 for compressing images of all focal depths and depth map representation of an original Z-stack of images; a step 506 for computing a prediction residual as a difference between a simulated Z-stack generated from the images of all focal depths and the depth-map, and the original Z-stack; and a step 508 for concatenating the prediction residual to the compressed images of all focal depths and the depth map to produce a final compressed file.