Overlapping cell nuclei segmentation using a spatially adaptive active physical model

IEEE Transactions on Image Processing

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 4568-4580

  Plissiti, Marina E ^a   Nikou, Christophoros ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Active shape models; microscopic images; modal analysis; overlapping nuclei segmentation; Pap smear images; physically based deformable model; shape priors

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SHAPE MODELS; MICROSCOPIC IMAGE; NUCLEI SEGMENTATION; PAP SMEAR; PHYSICALLY-BASED DEFORMABLE MODEL; SHAPE PRIORS;

DEFORMATION; MODAL ANALYSIS;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL NUCLEUS; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VAGINA SMEAR;

ALGORITHMS; CELL NUCLEUS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 84867839682     PISSN: 10577149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIP.2012.2206041     Document Type: Article

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