Title :
Image Segmentation Using an Adaptive Clustering Technique for the Detection of Acute Leukemia Blood Cells Images
Author :
Jabar, Farah H. A. ; Ismail, Widad ; Salam, Rosalina Abdul ; Hassan, Rohayanti
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Sci. & Technol., Univ. Sains Islam Malaysia, Nilai, Malaysia
Abstract :
Clustering is one of the most common automated image segmentation techniques used in many fields including machine learning, pattern recognition, image processing, and bioinformatics. Recently many scientists have performed tremendous research in helping the hematologists in the issue of segmenting the blood cells in the early of prognosis. This paper aims to segment the blood cell images of patients suffering from acute leukemia using an adaptive K-Means clustering together with mean shift algorithm. The integrated clustering techniques have produced comprehensive output images with minimal filtering process to remove the background scene.
Keywords :
blood; diseases; filtering theory; image segmentation; medical image processing; pattern clustering; acute leukemia blood cells image detection; adaptive clustering technique; adaptive k-means clustering; bioinformatics; hematologists; image processing; image segmentation; integrated clustering technique; machine learning; mean shift algorithm; pattern recognition; Blood; Cells (biology); Classification algorithms; Clustering algorithms; Filtering; Image color analysis; Image segmentation; acute leukemia cells; clustering; image segmentation; k-means; mean shift;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Computer Science Applications and Technologies (ACSAT), 2013 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kuching
DOI :
10.1109/ACSAT.2013.80