A new separation algorithm for overlapping blood cells using shape analysis

International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 847-864

  Song, Hao ^a   Wang, Weixing ^a  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Blood cell images; Image segmentation; Overlapping blood cells; Shape information

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; BLOOD CELL CLASSIFICATIONS; BLOOD CELL IMAGES; BLOOD CELLS; LARGE CLUSTERS; MICROSCOPY IMAGES; NOVEL ALGORITHM; OTHER APPLICATIONS; OVERLAPPING BLOOD CELLS; SEPARATION ALGORITHMS; SHAPE ANALYSIS; SHAPE INFORMATION;

ALGORITHMS; BIOINFORMATICS; CELL MEMBRANES; CONTENT BASED RETRIEVAL; CYTOLOGY; DIGITAL IMAGE STORAGE; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; SEPARATION;

BLOOD;

EID: 67650700709     PISSN: 02180014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218001409007302     Document Type: Article

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