How to achieve color accuracy in brightfield microscopy with Teledyne’s INFINITY Color Presets
Color accuracy is essential for brightfield microscopy, whether analyzing H&E-stained slides, developing AI-assisted diagnostic models, or performing whole-slide imaging.
Achieving true color fidelity is challenging because different sensors capture colors differently, and lighting conditions can further complicate accuracy.
Also, manual color correction is time-consuming, inconsistent, and difficult to standardize across different systems. Sensor spectral response and microscope lighting variations can shift colors, affecting both human diagnosis and AI model performance.
Teledyne®’s INFINITY® Color Presets, available in Spinnaker® SDK 4.2, offer enhanced microscopy presets with pre-calibrated sensor-specific color correction matrices (CCM) eliminating the need for manual tuning.
Why INFINITY Color Presets Matter
For over a decade, Teledyne’s INFINITY microscope cameras have set the benchmark for high-precision color accuracy in life sciences and microscopy. Researchers have trusted INFINITY ANALYZE 7 software to reproduce colors with exceptional accuracy across varying lighting conditions, making it a reliable tool in research and clinical imaging.
The field-proven color calibration technology is now available in our machine vision cameras: Blackfly® S, Dragonfly® S, Forge®, Genie® Nano, Lumenera® LT series and Oryx®, via the host-based color correction included in Spinnaker SDK 4.2.
Key Benefits:
- Built on Proven Color Science – Developed using Teledyne’s proprietary color calibration techniques and refined through years of real-world use in INFINITY cameras.
- Optimized for Scientific Applications – Calibrated for numerous Sony CMOS sensors to ensure color accuracy in digital pathology, microscopy, and other imaging applications.
- Tuned for Common Light Sources – Works under LED, halogen, and daylight-filtered halogen, maintaining color consistency across different microscope configurations.
- Designed for Seamless Integration – Now available in the Spinnaker SDK 4.2, enabling immediate adoption in automated imaging workflows.
How INFINITY Color Presets Work
Rather than relying on manual adjustments to multi-parameters or complex post-processing, the INIFINITY Color Presets provide a faster, streamlined approach:
- Automatically detects the camera model and applies a preset based on the sensor’s spectral characteristics.
- User selects the light source (e.g. LED or halogen) to optimize color accuracy for the microscope light source.
- Apply the correction, achieving real-time, pre-calibrated accuracy without manual fine-tuning.
Simple Integration: GUI & API Control
Color Correction Presets are designed for quick adoption in any workflow — whether you're evaluating with the SpinView GUI or integrating into a production system via Spinnaker API.
For details on how to use this feature in Spinnaker, see Using On-Host Color Correction.
Real-World Validation
Even minor color shifts in digital microscopy can alter tissue appearance, , impacting both human diagnosis and AI analysis. An H&E-stained slide may look perfect under one light condition but shift under another. The purple and pink hues are not as crisp, making it challenging to differentiate cell structures.
That’s where INFINITY Color Presets eliminate the guesswork from color correction. With pre-tuned accuracy for different sensors and lighting conditions, you can focus on capturing precise, reliable images for digital microscopy and life sciences.
INIFINITY Color Presets keep H&E stain colors true across different lighting conditions, ensuring accuracy for pathology analysis.
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