Automatic segmentation of cell nuclei in Feulgen-stained histological sections of prostate cancer and quantitative evaluation of segmentation results

Cytometry Part A

Volumn 81 A, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 588-601

  Nielsen, Birgitte ^a,b   Albregtsen, Fritz ^a,b   Danielsen, Håvard E ^a,b  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Active contours; Adaptive thresholding; Automatic segmentation; Cell nuclei; Evaluation; Feulgen stained histological sections; Light microscopy

Indexed keywords

COLORING AGENT; FUCHSINE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; FEULGEN STAINING; HUMAN; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; MALE; NUCLEAR SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSTATE TUMOR; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; STAINING;

ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATION, LABORATORY; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL NUCLEUS SIZE; COLORING AGENTS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; ROC CURVE; ROSANILINE DYES; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 84862769958     PISSN: 15524922     EISSN: 15524930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.22068     Document Type: Article

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