An automatic cell counting method for a microscopic tissue image from breast cancer

IFMBE Proceedings

Volumn 15, Issue , 2007, Pages 241-244

  Phukpattaranont, Pornchai ^a   Boonyaphiphat, Pleumjit ^a  

^a PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Cancer cell images; Image segmentation; Quantitative immunohistopathology

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; DISEASES; MATHEMATICAL MORPHOLOGY; MEDICAL IMAGING; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANISOTROPIC DIFFUSION FILTERING; AUTOMATIC CELL COUNTING; CANCER CELLS; LOCAL ADAPTIVE THRESHOLDING; MARKER-CONTROLLED WATERSHED SEGMENTATION; MORPHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS; QUANTITATIVE IMMUNOHISTOPATHOLOGY; SEGMENTATION ALGORITHMS;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 84928891329     PISSN: 16800737     EISSN: 14339277     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-68017-8_63     Document Type: Conference Paper

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