An automated method for counting cytotoxic T-cells from CD8 stained images of renal biopsies

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 8676, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Niazi, M Khalid Khan ^a   Satoskar, Anjali A ^a   Gurcan, Metin N ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell detection; Cytotoxic T cells; Extrema; Hessian; Multi scale difference of Gaussian

Indexed keywords

CELL DETECTION; CYTOTOXIC; EXTREMA; GAUSSIANS; HESSIAN;

BIOPSY; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; MEDICAL IMAGING;

T-CELLS;

EID: 84878621842     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.2007977     Document Type: Conference Paper

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