Automatic cervical cell segmentation and classification in Pap smears

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 539-556

  Chankong, Thanatip ^a   Theera Umpon, Nipon ^a   Auephanwiriyakul, Sansanee ^a  

^a CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer screening; Cervical cell classification; Cervical cell segmentation; Pap smear; ThinPrep

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSIS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DISEASES; NEAREST NEIGHBOR SEARCH;

CERVICAL CANCERS; CERVICAL CELLS; CLASSIFICATION PERFORMANCE; FUZZY C MEANS CLUSTERING; K NEAREST NEIGHBOR (KNN); LINEAR DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; PAP SMEAR; THINPREP;

SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINES;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; AUTOMATION; BAYESIAN LEARNING; CANCER GRADING; CELL NUCLEUS; CERVICAL CELL CLASSIFICATION; CERVICAL CELL SEGMENTATION; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CYTOPLASM; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DYSPLASIA; FUZZY SYSTEM; K NEAREST NEIGHBOR; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PROCEDURES CONCERNING CELLS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU;

CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING; CERVICAL CELL CLASSIFICATION; CERVICAL CELL SEGMENTATION; PAP SMEAR; THINPREP;

AUTOMATION; BAYES THEOREM; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMANS; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84892818282     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: 18727565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2013.12.012     Document Type: Article

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