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This process generates hundreds of thousands of images that need to be stitched into a large mosaic to derive meaningful information. The microscope acquires a grid of partially overlapping images because the microscope field of view is much smaller than the dimensions of the specimen being imaged. An automated optical microscope acquires images of a cell cultures specimen. With new microscope technologies, scientists are acquiring terabyte-sized datasets to cover large area of their experiments.

MIST algorithm description and novelties: Method and Scalability. This minimizes the maximum uncertainty related to the translation computation for any pair of images. MIST estimates the stage mechanical model (actuator backlash, stage repeatability ‘r’, etc.) from computed pairwise translations and then minimizes stitching errors by optimizing the translations within a (4r)^2 square area. Microscopy Image Stitching Tool (MIST), is a stitching tool for 2D grids of images.

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