Autofocusing for automated microscopic evaluation of blood smear and pap smear

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 4718-4721

  Liu, X Y ^a,b   Wang, W H ^b   Sun, Y ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOFOCUSING; BLOOD SMEAR; CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS; PAP SMEAR;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FOCUSING; MEDICAL IMAGING;

BLOOD;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTERINE CERVIX DISEASE; VAGINA SMEAR;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; AUTOMATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; SOFTWARE; UTERINE CERVICAL DISEASES; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 34047095361     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2006.259263     Document Type: Conference Paper

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