DocumentCode
2544829
Title
Automatic mitotic index estimation for the prognostication of breast cancer from histology images
Author
Drezet, Pierre M L ; Harrison, Robert F. ; Cross, Simon S.
Author_Institution
Sheffield Univ., UK
fYear
1998
fDate
36088
Abstract
A method of automatically estimating the mitotic index of breast tissue samples is presented. The motivation for an automatic method is to minimise this time-consuming repetitive task demanded of experienced pathologists. The method used consists of two image processing stages which extract features that are suitable for pattern recognition. The final stage estimates the sample´s mitotic index by combining the estimated probabilities of individual mitotic figures in the sample
Keywords
cancer; automatic mitotic index estimation; breast cancer prognosis; breast tissue samples; feature extraction; histological images; image processing; mitotic figures; pathology; pattern recognition; probability estimation;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
iet
Conference_Titel
Intelligent Methods in Healthcare and Medical Applications (Digest No. 1998/514), IEE Colloquium on
Conference_Location
York
Type
conf
DOI
10.1049/ic:19981045
Filename
744772
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