Advances in high-speed, three-dimensional imaging and automated segmentation algorithms for thick and overlapped clusters in cytologic preparations: Application to cervical smears

Analytical and Quantitative Cytology and Histology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 105-121

  Mackin Jr , Robert W ^a,b   Newton, Louise M ^c   Turner, James N ^c   Roysam, Badrinath ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

^c WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

3 D brightfield microscopy; Cell clusters; Cervical smears; Cervix neoplasms; Computer assisted; High speed imaging; Image analysis

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CANCER SCREENING; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 2642648640     PISSN: 08846812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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