Edge Detection In Cytology Using Morphological Filters

J. Barba; L. Yuan; J. Gil

doi:10.1117/12.952659

5 April 1989 Edge Detection In Cytology Using Morphological Filters

J. Barba, L. Yuan, J. Gil

Proceedings Volume 1075, Digital Image Processing Applications; (1989) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.952659
Event: OE/LASE '89, 1989, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

A technique for the semi-automatic detection of cell and nuclear contours in cytological specimens is presented. Gray level images are viewed as stacked binary bit plane images with each bit plane image representing the effect of thresholding the gray level image with multiple gray level windows. A binary morphological edge detector is employed to identify edges on selected bit planes. A simple contour tracking algorithm is used to identify the most likely cell and nuclear contours which are presented to the user for verification.

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J. Barba, L. Yuan, and J. Gil "Edge Detection In Cytology Using Morphological Filters", Proc. SPIE 1075, Digital Image Processing Applications, (5 April 1989); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.952659

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