Estimation of Average Cell Shape from Digital Images of Cellular Surfaces

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1st Canadian Conference on Computer and Robot Vision (CRV'04)

University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

May 17-May 19

ISBN: 0-7695-2127-4

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	Peter J.W. Iles, David A. Clausi, G. Wayne Brodland, "Estimation of Average Cell Shape from Digital Images of Cellular Surfaces," Computer and Robot Vision, Canadian Conference, pp. 273-278, 1st Canadian Conference on Computer and Robot Vision (CRV'04), 2004.

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	@article{ 10.1109/CCCRV.2004.1301455, author = {Peter J.W. Iles and David A. Clausi and G. Wayne Brodland}, title = {Estimation of Average Cell Shape from Digital Images of Cellular Surfaces}, journal ={Computer and Robot Vision, Canadian Conference}, volume = {0}, year = {2004}, isbn = {0-7695-2127-4}, pages = {273-278}, doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/CCCRV.2004.1301455}, publisher = {IEEE Computer Society}, address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA}, }

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	TY - CONF JO - Computer and Robot Vision, Canadian Conference TI - Estimation of Average Cell Shape from Digital Images of Cellular Surfaces SN - 0-7695-2127-4 SP273 EP278 A1 - Peter J.W. Iles, A1 - David A. Clausi, A1 - G. Wayne Brodland, PY - 2004 KW - composite cell KW - adaptive contrast enhancement KW - watershed segmentation KW - shape detection VL - 0 JA - Computer and Robot Vision, Canadian Conference ER -

Peter J.W. Iles, University of Waterloo

David A. Clausi, University of Waterloo

G. Wayne Brodland, University of Waterloo

DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/CCCRV.2004.1301455

A method is proposed to determine the average cellular geometry in high-resolution images of embryonic epithelia. The concept of a ?composite cell? is used to represent the average cell shape. This composite cell can provide evidence of stresses present in the epithelia. A new adaptive contrast enhancement routine is applied to the input image first, followed by an iterative watershed segmentation. The composite cell is calculated from the segmentation results. Qualitative results show that this computationally inexpensive algorithm produces accurate results for a variety of image sizes, contrast levels, cell shapes and appearances.

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composite cell, adaptive contrast enhancement, watershed segmentation, shape detection

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Peter J.W. Iles, David A. Clausi, G. Wayne Brodland, "Estimation of Average Cell Shape from Digital Images of Cellular Surfaces," crv, pp.273-278, 1st Canadian Conference on Computer and Robot Vision (CRV'04), 2004

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