Title :
From cell image segmentation to differential diagnosis of thyroid cancer
Author :
Ablameyko, S. ; Kirillov, V. ; Lagunovsky, D. ; Patsko, O. ; Paramonova, N. ; Petrou, M. ; Tchij, O.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Eng. Cybern., Acad. of Sci., Minsk, Belarus
Abstract :
An approach for cytologic diagnosis of thyroid cancer with the help of automatic morphometry is proposed. This approach is based on a developed computer analyser of images that is aimed at: automated processing and binarization of colour images; automatic raster-to-vector transformation and formation of biological objects; morphometric assessment of biological objects by quantitative parameters characterizing the changes of cell nuclei; building of an expert system to aid the diagnosis of thyroid cancer.
Keywords :
cancer; image colour analysis; image segmentation; medical image processing; automatic morphometry; automatic raster-to-vector transformation; biological objects; cell image segmentation; cell nuclei; colour images; cytologic diagnosis; morphometric assessment; quantitative parameters; thyroid cancer; Algorithm design and analysis; Biomedical imaging; Cancer; Cybernetics; Diagnostic expert systems; Endocrine system; Image analysis; Image color analysis; Image segmentation; Medical diagnostic imaging;
Conference_Titel :
Pattern Recognition, 2002. Proceedings. 16th International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1695-X
DOI :
10.1109/ICPR.2002.1044870
