Segmentation and detection of Squamous cell lung malignanncy from sputum images

Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the lungs is one of the types of non-small cell lung malignancy. Non-small cell lung cancers accounts for about 80% of lung cancers, and of these, roughly 30% are SCC´s, which are mostly seen in smokers. SCC is seen in the tissue that lines the air passages in the lungs. The work is based on the Segmentation and Detection of Squamous cell carcinoma of lung from sputum images based on cytopatholgical characteristics of the cell. These images are acquired by the digital microscope with specified magnification. This process requires the detection of the Squamous cell in the sputum images characterized by the hyper chromatic cell region and the change in the nucleus angulations and its irregularities of the cells. In this method color segmentation of the cells is followed by its filtering and nucleus segmentation is performed. Using these parameters classification of the cell is done.