Automated segmentation of free-lying cell nuclei in Pap smears for malignancy-associated change analysis

Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 5372-5375

  Moshavegh, Ramin ^a   Ehteshami Bejnordi, Babak ^a   Mehnert, Andrew ^a   Sujathan, K ^b   Malm, Patrik ^c   Bengtsson, Ewert ^c  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b REGIONAL CANCER CENTRE   (India)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATED SCREENING; AUTOMATED SEGMENTATION; BRIGHTFIELD; CELL NUCLEUS; CERVICAL CANCERS; CHANGE ANALYSIS; DICE COEFFICIENT; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GRAY SCALE; MANUAL SEGMENTATION; MICROSCOPE IMAGES; PAP SMEAR; SEGMENTATION ALGORITHMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WATERSHED SEGMENTATION;

ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATION;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MICROSCOPY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PATHOLOGY; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; VAGINA SMEAR;

ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 84870778739     PISSN: 1557170X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EMBC.2012.6347208     Document Type: Conference Paper

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