Computational segmentation of collagen fibers from second-harmonic generation images of breast cancer

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Bredfeldt, Jeremy S ^a,b   Liu, Yuming ^a   Pehlke, Carolyn A ^a   Conklin, Matthew W ^a   Szulczewski, Joseph M ^a   Inman, David R ^a   Keely, Patricia J ^a   Nowak, Robert D ^a,c   MacKie, Thomas R ^a,b   Eliceiri, Kevin W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b MORGRIDGE INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH   (United States)

^c University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

breast cancer; collagen; fiber tracking; image processing; microscopy; second harmonic generation; segmentation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM PERFORMANCE; AUTOMATED TRACKING; BREAST CANCER; COLLAGEN STRUCTURE; FIBER TRACKING; IMAGE-PROCESSING ALGORITHMS; LOW SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; SECOND-HARMONIC;

ALGORITHMS; COLLAGEN; DISEASES; FIBERS; FIRES; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; TISSUE;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

COLLAGEN;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BREAST TUMOR; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DISEASE COURSE; EXPERIMENTAL MAMMARY NEOPLASM; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; AUTOMATION; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLLAGEN; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAMMARY NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; MICE; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84892145983     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JBO.19.1.016007     Document Type: Article

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