Cell nuclei and cytoplasm joint segmentation using the sliding band filter

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1463-1473

  Quelhas, Pedro ^a   Marcuzzo, Monica ^a   Mendonça, Ana Maria ^a,b   Campilho, Aurélio ^a,b  

^a INEB INSTITUTO DE ENGENHARIA BIOMÉDICA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cell segmentation; convergence filters; image processing in biology; multivariate image processing

Indexed keywords

BAND FILTERS; BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH; CELL ANALYSIS; CELL DETECTION; CELL IMAGES; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SEGMENTATION; CELL SHAPES; CELL SIZE; CONVERGENCE FILTERS; CONVEX SHAPES; DATA SETS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FUNDAMENTAL TOOLS; HIGH VARIABILITY; IMAGE DATASETS; IMPROVING PERFORMANCE; INDIVIDUAL CELLS; JOINT SEGMENTATION; NEW APPROACHES; NUCLEAR DETECTION; OVERLAP CORRECTION; SEMI-AUTOMATED; SHAPE ESTIMATION; SHAPE REGULARIZATION; VISUAL INSPECTION;

CELL CULTURE; CELLS; COMPUTER VISION; DIGITAL IMAGE STORAGE; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEMS; LOCATION; VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

ACTIN; DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SHAPE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOPLASM; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FACTUAL DATABASE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SHAPE; CYTOPLASM; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DNA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 77955339493     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMI.2010.2048253     Document Type: Article

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