The FakeCamera is quite useful for development. I would suggest making it a bit more realistic:
Coverslip or tissue is simulated by having a spatial pattern (e.g. some periodic grating) convolved with a Gaussian whose variance increases linearly with Z-Z0 (Z0 = coverslip).
Light boundaries simulated as a mask (black outside of disk).
Electrode defocusing is simulated by blurring. This may be a bit complicated because of the electrode angle.
Diffraction pattern on the electrode (also not so trivial but maybe there are some models out there?).
Alternatively, we use photos of the coverslip or tissue (mosaic), and of the pipette at many Z.
Then it would be nice to have a fake patch clamp simulator (with a fake cell, or several); we define the resistance as a function of cell distance and pressure etc.
Finally a fake paramecium would be very useful to develop tracking etc:
Photo of a paramecium at different depths or patterned ellipse.
The FakeCamera is quite useful for development. I would suggest making it a bit more realistic:
Alternatively, we use photos of the coverslip or tissue (mosaic), and of the pipette at many Z.
Then it would be nice to have a fake patch clamp simulator (with a fake cell, or several); we define the resistance as a function of cell distance and pressure etc.
Finally a fake paramecium would be very useful to develop tracking etc:
All these could be based on photos.