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ArticleNature communications2026

Automatic optimization of flat-field corrections by evaluation and enhancement (EVEN) in multimodal optical microscopy.

Elena Corbetta, Matteo Calvarese, Patrick Then, Hyeonsoo Bae, Tobias Meyer-Zedler, Bernhard Messerschmidt, Orlando Guntinas-Lichius, Michael Schmitt, Christian Eggeling, Juergen Popp and 1 more

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11 authors.

Elena CorbettaLeibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, Member of Leibniz Health Technologies, Member of the Leibniz Centre for Photonics in Infection Research (LPI), Jena, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2942-8508
Matteo CalvareseLeibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, Member of Leibniz Health Technologies, Member of the Leibniz Centre for Photonics in Infection Research (LPI), Jena, Germany.
Patrick ThenLeibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, Member of Leibniz Health Technologies, Member of the Leibniz Centre for Photonics in Infection Research (LPI), Jena, Germany.
Hyeonsoo BaeLeibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, Member of Leibniz Health Technologies, Member of the Leibniz Centre for Photonics in Infection Research (LPI), Jena, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2965-2729
Tobias Meyer-ZedlerLeibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, Member of Leibniz Health Technologies, Member of the Leibniz Centre for Photonics in Infection Research (LPI), Jena, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6740-629X
Bernhard MesserschmidtGRINTECH GmbH, Jena, Germany.
Orlando Guntinas-LichiusDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9671-0784
Michael SchmittInstitute of Physical Chemistry (IPC), Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Member of the Leibniz Centre for Photonics in Infection Research (LPI), Jena, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3807-3630
Christian EggelingLeibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, Member of Leibniz Health Technologies, Member of the Leibniz Centre for Photonics in Infection Research (LPI), Jena, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3698-5599
Juergen PoppLeibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, Member of Leibniz Health Technologies, Member of the Leibniz Centre for Photonics in Infection Research (LPI), Jena, Germany.
Thomas BocklitzLeibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, Member of Leibniz Health Technologies, Member of the Leibniz Centre for Photonics in Infection Research (LPI), Jena, Germany. thomas.bocklitz@uni-jena.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2778-6624

Funding

Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (Federal Ministry of Education and Research) 13N15706Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (Federal Ministry of Education and Research) 13N15719Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) 390713860EC | Horizon 2020 Framework Programme (EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation H2020) 101088997EC | Horizon 2020 Framework Programme (EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation H2020) 860185
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Uneven illumination affects all images acquired by optical microscopes, especially large, multicolour and nonlinear measurements. Although removal is possible with various algorithms, evaluating raw and processed images is challenging due to the lack of established workflows for image quality assessment. This manuscript describes a machine learning-based method, EVEN (Evaluation and Enhancement), to assess and optimise corrections in optical microscopy. EVEN integrates quantitative image metrics into a Linear Discriminant Analysis model to detect and predict image quality, automatically optimising corrections. The method can be integrated into the optical microscopy pipeline to simplify further processing and analysis. Here, we show the implementation and application of EVEN in different processing scenarios, including multimodal nonlinear imaging of human and neck tissue slices and multichannel fluorescence measurements of stained cells, demonstrating its capability to automatically optimise image quality by assessing single-channel corrections.

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PMCPMC12779969

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