GLOBAL AND NON PARAMETRIC CLASSIFICATION METHODS USING MATHEMATICAL MORPHOLOGY - APPLICATION TO DNA-PLOIDY MEASUREMENT OF ARCHIVAL SOLID TUMORS

Most of sorting methods applied to images in biology uses parametric m easurements (object per object) followed by data analysis. Mathematica l morphology offers tools able to treat images globally. Up to now, th is opportunity has been under employed. The goal of the present paper is to propose global sorting methods, applied to the automatic elimina tion of aggregates and small debris, for DNA ploidy quantification. Re sults obtained illustrate the powerfulness and efficiency of global ma thematical morphology treatments as sorting method.