Title :
Compact Hough transform and a maximum likelihood approach to cell nuclei detection
Author :
Mouroutis, Thedoros ; Roberts, S.J. ; Bharath, Anil A. ; Alusi, Cus
Author_Institution :
Center for Biol. & Med. Syst., Imperial Coll. of Sci., Technol. & Med., London, UK
Abstract :
This paper presents the idea of a batch form of the Hough transform, the compact Hough transform (CHT), which aims at detecting locations with high probability of belonging to a shape of an approximate size. The CHT is used in the problem of segmentation of cell nuclei, where the nuclear boundary is detected using a method based on the maximum likelihood approach
Keywords :
Hough transforms; diagnostic radiography; image segmentation; maximum likelihood detection; medical image processing; approximate size; boundary detection; cell nuclei detection; cell nuclei segmentation; compact Hough transform; image processing; maximum likelihood approach; medical problem; preprocessing; probability; shape; throat cancer patients; Biomedical engineering; Biomedical imaging; Cells (biology); Ear; Educational institutions; Engineering in medicine and biology; Hospitals; Image segmentation; Maximum likelihood detection; Shape;
Conference_Titel :
Digital Signal Processing Proceedings, 1997. DSP 97., 1997 13th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Santorini
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4137-6
DOI :
10.1109/ICDSP.1997.628493
