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2007
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White blood cell segmentation using morphological operators and scale-space analysis

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White blood cell segmentation using morphological operators and scale-space analysis
Cell segmentation is a challenging problem due to both the complex nature of the cells and the uncertainty present in video microscopy. Manual methods for this purpose are onerous, imprecise and highly subjective, thus requiring automated methods that perform this task in an objective and efficient way. In this paper, we propose a novel method to segment nucleus and cytoplasm of white blood cells (WBC). WBC composition of the blood provides important information to doctors and plays an important role in the diagnosis of different diseases. We use simple morphological operators and explore the scale-space properties of a toggle operator to improve the segmentation accuracy. The proposed scheme has been successfully applied to a large number of images, showing promising results for varying cell appearance and image quality, encouraging future works.
Leyza Baldo Dorini, Rodrigo Minetto, Neucimar Jer&
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Type Conference
Year 2007
Where SIBGRAPI
Authors Leyza Baldo Dorini, Rodrigo Minetto, Neucimar Jerônimo Leite
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