Analysis of blood and bone marrow smears using multispectral imaging analysis techniques

Qiongshui Wu; Libo Zeng; Hengyu Ke; Wenjuan Xie; Hong Zheng; Yan Zhang

doi:10.1117/12.593588

29 April 2005 Analysis of blood and bone marrow smears using multispectral imaging analysis techniques

Qiongshui Wu, Libo Zeng, Hengyu Ke, Wenjuan Xie, Hong Zheng, Yan Zhang

Proceedings Volume 5747, Medical Imaging 2005: Image Processing; (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.593588
Event: Medical Imaging, 2005, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Counting of different classes of white blood cells in bone marrow smears can give pathologists valuable information regarding various cancers. But it is tedious to manually locate, identify, and count these classes of cells, even by skilled hands. This paper presents a novel approach for automatic detection of White Blood Cells in bone marrow microscopic images. Different from traditional color imaging method, we use multispectral imaging techniques for image acquisition. The combination of conventional digital imaging with spectroscopy can provide us with additional useful spectral information in common pathological samples. With our spectral calibration method, device-independent images can be acquired, which is almost impossible in conventional color imaging method. A novel segmentation algorithm using spectral operation is presented in this paper. Experiments show that the segmentation is robust, precise, with low computational cost and insensitive to smear staining and illumination condition. Once the nuclei and cytoplasm have been segmented, more than a hundred of features are extracted under the direction of a pathologist, including shape features, textural features and spectral ratio features. In pattern recognition, a maximum likelihood classifier (MLC) is implemented in a hierarchical tree. The classification results are also discussed. This paper is focused on image acquisition and segmentation.

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Qiongshui Wu, Libo Zeng, Hengyu Ke, Wenjuan Xie, Hong Zheng, and Yan Zhang "Analysis of blood and bone marrow smears using multispectral imaging analysis techniques", Proc. SPIE 5747, Medical Imaging 2005: Image Processing, (29 April 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.593588

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