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    Area of Science:

    • Optical microscopy
    • Biophysics
    • Biosensing

    Background:

    • Imaging ellipsometry uses polarized light for microscopic study of semitransparent biological cells.
    • Applications include marker-free, non-destructive disease diagnosis.
    • Fast measurements are crucial for environmentally sensitive living cells, making accurate focal plane location vital for biosensing.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To develop an efficient and robust method for locating the focal plane in imaging ellipsometry.
    • To improve the speed and accuracy of focal plane determination for biosensing applications.
    • To present a sample-independent focal plane detection technique.

    Main Methods:

    • Analysis of through-focus ellipsometry images of S. mutans cells on Au film.
    • Development of an edge detection algorithm for identifying cell boundaries.
    • Comparison with threshold-dependent methods like Laplace filtering.

    Main Results:

    • An efficient method for focal plane position locating was identified through cell edge detection in ellipsometry images.
    • The edge detection method is sample-independent and robust against noise and image shifts.
    • The method is user-friendly, requiring no threshold value selection.

    Conclusions:

    • Cell edge detection in ellipsometry images provides an efficient, robust, and user-friendly approach to focal plane localization.
    • This method is not sample-dependent, enhancing its applicability in biosensing.
    • The technique holds significant potential for advancing biosensing applications requiring fast and accurate imaging.