MULTIFARIOUS SYSTEM FOR QUANTITATIVE-ANALYSIS OF HISTOLOGIC COMPARTMENTS

Citation
M. Klencki et al., MULTIFARIOUS SYSTEM FOR QUANTITATIVE-ANALYSIS OF HISTOLOGIC COMPARTMENTS, Computers and biomedical research, 30(2), 1997, pp. 165-169
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Mathematical Methods, Biology & Medicine","Medical Informatics","Computer Science Interdisciplinary Applications
ISSN journal
00104809
Volume
30
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
165 - 169
Database
ISI
SICI code
0010-4809(1997)30:2<165:MSFQOH>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
A system is presented for measuring relative volumes of histologic com partments in microscopic slides. The computer program for that system was written by us as an MS Windows 3.x application. The applied method of measurements, based on the ''point-counting'' technique, requires the recognition of the compartments, corresponding to the selected poi nts of an image. The neural network was employed to facilitate the pro cess of classification of the examined points. Nine descriptors of an image were selected as an input to the network (a pattern). Error-free compartment recognition was not always achieved because of some overl apping of the pattern classes. Nevertheless, the semi-automation of th e assignment of the examined points to histologic compartments makes t he measurements less laborious and time-consuming. (C) 1997 Academic P ress.