Robust automatic coregistration, segmentation, and classification of cell nuclei in multimodal cytopathological microscopic images

Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics

Volumn 28, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 87-98

  Würflinger, Thomas ^a   Stockhausen, Jens ^a   Meyer Ebrecht, Dietrich ^a   Böcking, Alfred ^b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Active contour models; Cancer diagnostics; Cell microscopy; Classification; Cytopathology; Image segmentation; Multimodal coregistration

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); CORRELATION METHODS; DATA ACQUISITION; FEATURE EXTRACTION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; RELIABILITY; TUMORS;

CELL SMEARING; MULTIMODAL CELL ANALYSIS; ROBUST AUTOMATIC COREGISTRATION;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CELL NUCLEUS; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MATERIALS; MICROSCOPY; MULTIMODAL CELL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RELIABILITY; STAINING;

EID: 10744233958     PISSN: 08956111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compmedimag.2003.07.001     Document Type: Article

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