Segmentation of Cancer Cells in Microscopic Images using Neural Network and Mathematical Morphology

This paper presents the segmentation of cancer cells in a microscopic tissue image from breast cancer. We perform color classification using the neural network. Subsequently, morphological operations and cell size considerations are used for eliminating spike noise and separating cancer cells. The excellent segmentation results from the proposed algorithm are demonstrated with microscopic images under both low and high histological noise conditions. These preliminary results of the automated image analysis show a promising solution to the traditional manual analysis