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Fractal analysis and fuzzy c-means clustering for quantification of fibrotic microscopy images

Fractal analysis and fuzzy c-means clustering for quantification of fibrotic microscopy images The advances in improved fluorescent probes and better cameras in collaboration with the advent of computers in imaging and image analysis, assist the task of diagnosis in microscopy imaging. Based on such technologies, we introduce a computer-assisted image characterization tool based on fractal analysis and fuzzy clustering for the quantification of degree of the Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis in microscopy images. The implementation of this algorithmic strategy proved very promising concerning the issue of the automated assessment of microscopy images of lung fibrotic regions against conventional classification methods that require training such as neural networks. Fractal dimension is an important image feature that can be associated with pathological fibrotic structures as is shown by our experimental results. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Artificial Intelligence Review Springer Journals

Fractal analysis and fuzzy c-means clustering for quantification of fibrotic microscopy images

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Springer Journals
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Copyright © 2013 by Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht
Subject
Computer Science; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics); Computer Science, general
ISSN
0269-2821
eISSN
1573-7462
DOI
10.1007/s10462-013-9408-9
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Abstract

The advances in improved fluorescent probes and better cameras in collaboration with the advent of computers in imaging and image analysis, assist the task of diagnosis in microscopy imaging. Based on such technologies, we introduce a computer-assisted image characterization tool based on fractal analysis and fuzzy clustering for the quantification of degree of the Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis in microscopy images. The implementation of this algorithmic strategy proved very promising concerning the issue of the automated assessment of microscopy images of lung fibrotic regions against conventional classification methods that require training such as neural networks. Fractal dimension is an important image feature that can be associated with pathological fibrotic structures as is shown by our experimental results.

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Artificial Intelligence Review – Springer Journals

Published: Jul 14, 2013

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