Averaging

more line averaging vs. slower scan speed - impact on noise

Overview

Averaging helps to remove noise from the image. It mainly filters intensity fluctuations, while specific pixel intensities remain in the image.

Two types apply for confocal microscopes:

• Line Averaging - each line gets scanned and averaged before moving to the next, best solution for most cases
• Frame Averaging - whole image gets scanned and averaged, image quality improvement gets visualized better