title: Wavelets: on the virtues and applications of the mathematical microscope.
abstract: The paper provides a short introduction to wavelets and discusses their main applications in microscopy and biological imaging.
authors.affiliation: Biomedical Imaging Group, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Unser
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods; D008432:Mathematical Computing; D008853:Microscopy / Q000379:methods*
keywords: Deconvolution; computational imaging; denoising; image analysis; multiresolution; wavelets