High-throughput identification and classification algorithm for leukemia population statistics

Journal of Imaging Science and Technology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 0305091-03050923

  Prasad, Brinda ^a   Badawy, Wael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CELLS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); CYTOLOGY; DATA PROCESSING; HEALTH RISKS; IMAGE ACQUISITION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; PIXELS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STAGES; STATISTICAL METHODS; THROUGHPUT;

ANALYSIS TOOLS; BOUNDARY BOX; CELL CLASSIFICATION; CELL CLUSTERS; CELL IDENTIFICATION; CELL SIZES; CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHMS; COMMERCIAL IMAGE; EARLY DETECTION; FIELD OF VIEWS; HIGH THROUGHPUTS; IMAGE DATA; IMAGE SIZES; INTENSITY DISTRIBUTIONS; INTENSITY PROFILES; ISOLATED CELLS; LEUKEMIA CELLS; NONIDEAL; ONE-DIMENSIONAL; PROCESSING ALGORITHMS; PROCESSING TIME; RISK TO HUMAN HEALTH; TWO STAGES;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

EID: 49249116262     PISSN: 10623701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2352/J.Imagingsci.Technol.(2008)52:3(030509)     Document Type: Article

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