Title :
Computer-aided morphometric applications (image analysis) in gynecologic pathology
Author :
Robboy, Stanley J. ; Mehta, Kumudini ; Trost, Ronald ; Lambert, W. Clark
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Pathol., Univ. of Med. & Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, USA
Abstract :
The female genital tract gives rise to a wide spectrum of disease entities that are borderline abnormal on the one hand or borderline cancer on the other. While traditional criteria have been developed for the diagnosis of these lesions, based on cytological characteristics of cells and their architectural arrangements, the emerging area of morphometry (image analysis) has shown in some cases a greater degree of diagnostic precision than the eye. A description is given of the current status of such morphometric applications in gynecologic pathology.<>
Keywords :
cellular biophysics; computerised pattern recognition; computerised picture processing; medical diagnostic computing; patient diagnosis; cancer; cell cytological characteristics; computer-aided morphometry; diagnostic precision; eye; female genital tract; gynecologic pathology; image analysis; lesions; morphometry; patient diagnosis; pattern recognition;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1988. Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
New Orleans, LA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0785-2
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1988.94526
