Automated cell counting and cluster segmentation using concavity detection and ellipse fitting techniques

Proceedings - 2009 IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro, ISBI 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 795-798

  Kothari, Sonal ^a   Chaudry, Qaiser ^a   Wang, May D ^a,b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell counting; Cluster segmentation; Concavity detection; Digital tissue samples; Ellipse fitting

Indexed keywords

CELL COUNTING; CLUSTER SEGMENTATION; CONCAVITY DETECTION; DIGITAL TISSUE SAMPLES; ELLIPSE FITTING;

DISTANCE MEASUREMENT; GEOMETRY; TISSUE;

CELLS;

EID: 70449350620     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISBI.2009.5193169     Document Type: Conference Paper

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