A Heuristic Framework for Image Filtering and Segmentation: Application to Blood Vessel Immunohistochemistry

The blood vessel density in a cancerous tissue sample may represent increased levels of tumor growth. However, identifying blood vessels in the histological (tissue) image is difficult and time-consuming and depends heavily on the observer’s experience. To overcome this drawback, computer-aided imag...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Chi-Hsuan Tsou, Yi-Chien Lu, Ang Yuan, Yeun-Chung Chang, Chung-Ming Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2015-01-01
Series:Analytical Cellular Pathology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/589158