Automatic segmentation, counting, size determination and classification of white blood cells

Measurement: Journal of the International Measurement Confederation

Volumn 55, Issue , 2014, Pages 58-65

  Nazlibilek, Sedat ^a   Karacor, Deniz ^b   Ercan, Tuncay ^c   Sazli, Murat Husnu ^b   Kalender, Osman ^d   Ege, Yavuz ^e  

^a ATILIM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c YASAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d Bursa Orhangazi University   (Turkey)

^e BALIKESIR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Automatic counting; Neural network; Principal Component Analysis (PCA); White blood cells

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; BLOOD; CELLS; NEURAL NETWORKS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

AUTOMATED SYSTEMS; AUTOMATIC COUNTING; AUTOMATIC SEGMENTATIONS; BLOOD SAMPLES; CLASSIFICATION PROCESS; COST EFFECTIVE; MANUAL TECHNIQUES; WHITE BLOOD CELLS;

DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 84901417604     PISSN: 02632241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.measurement.2014.04.008     Document Type: Article

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