Achieving the way for automated segmentation of nuclei in cancer tissue images through morphology-based approach: A quantitative evaluation

Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 453-461

  Di Cataldo, S ^a   Ficarra, E ^a   Acquaviva, A ^a   Macii, E ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Active contours; Immunohistochemistry; Morphological operators; Nuclear segmentation; Tissue images

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE CONTOURS; AUTOMATED APPROACH; AUTOMATED SEGMENTATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER TISSUES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MORPHOLOGICAL OPERATOR; PROTEIN ACTIVITY; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; SEMI-AUTOMATED; TISSUE IMAGES; TISSUE LAYERS;

AUTOMATION; MORPHOLOGY; TISSUE;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CANCER TISSUE; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

CELL NUCLEUS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77954386085     PISSN: 08956111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compmedimag.2009.12.008     Document Type: Article

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