Analysis of blood and bone marrow smears using digital image processing techniques

Heiko Hengen; Susanne L. Spoor; Madhukar C. Pandit

doi:10.1117/12.467205

9 May 2002 Analysis of blood and bone marrow smears using digital image processing techniques

Heiko Hengen, Susanne L. Spoor, Madhukar C. Pandit

Proceedings Volume 4684, Medical Imaging 2002: Image Processing; (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.467205
Event: Medical Imaging 2002, 2002, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

In the paper, we deal with the analysis of blood and bone marrow smears. The main aim of this long term project is to obtain a relative frequency histogram of the white blood cells of different lineage and maturity. Especially for clinical application, a proper image normalization and segmentation of the color images of blood and bone marrow smears are necessary. For the image normalization, two approaches were adopted: a) active image processing for pre acquisition standardization and b) a histogram based method for post acquisition standardization. Both methods are based on the HSI (Hue Saturation Intensity) Transform. We have developed a robust method for the declustering of the inevitable clusters of white blood cells based on a thresholded distance transform and an extended region growing algorithm that in contrast to active contours does not need any parameterization. For a successful classification, medical morphologic features are translated into feature extraction operators: the mesh structure of the cells' nucleus is analyzed using watershed transform and Gabor features, the shape of cell and nucleus is analyzed using a set of rotational invariant contour based features. The color and granularity of the cytoplasm yield further features for classification. Current work is focused on classification using the presented features.

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Heiko Hengen, Susanne L. Spoor, and Madhukar C. Pandit "Analysis of blood and bone marrow smears using digital image processing techniques", Proc. SPIE 4684, Medical Imaging 2002: Image Processing, (9 May 2002); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.467205

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