Shape-based image indexing and retrieval for diagnostic pathology

Author

Comaniciu, Dorin ; Meer, Peter ; Foran, David

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Rutgers Univ., Piscataway, NJ, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1998

fDate

16-20 Aug 1998

Firstpage

902

Abstract

A prototype system performing analysis, indexing and retrieval of pathology images to assist physicians in differential diagnosis of lymphoproliferative disorders is presented. Robust color segmentation is used to automatically analyse regions of interest in images of leukocytes. The shape of leukocyte nuclei, described through similarity invariant shape descriptors, represents the main attribute in the search query. Monte Carlo tests for stability and goal-directed evaluations of the system performance are also shown

Keywords

database indexing; image colour analysis; image retrieval; image segmentation; medical diagnostic computing; performance evaluation; visual databases; color segmentation; diagnostic pathology; image retrieval; leukocytes; pathology images; performance evaluation; search query; shape-based image indexing; similarity invariant shape descriptors; Image analysis; Image color analysis; Image retrieval; Indexing; Pathology; Performance analysis; Prototypes; Robustness; Shape; White blood cells;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Pattern Recognition, 1998. Proceedings. Fourteenth International Conference on

Conference_Location

Brisbane, Qld.

ISSN

1051-4651

Print_ISBN

0-8186-8512-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICPR.1998.711297

Filename

711297