Model-based correction of segmentation errors in digitised histological images

David A. Randell*, Antony Galton, Shereen Fouad, Hisham Mehanna, Gabriel Landini

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    Abstract

    This paper describes an application of topological, model-based methods for the algorithmic correction of segmentation errors in digitised histological images. The topological analysis is provided by the spatial logic Discrete Mereotopology and integrates qualitative spatial reasoning and constraint satisfaction methods with classical image processing methods. A set of eight topological relations defined on binary segmented regions are factored out and reworked as nodes of a set of directed graphs. The graphs encode and constrain a set of set-theoretic and topological segmentation operations on regions, so that the interpreted images and any proposed changes made to the regions can be made to conform to a valid histological model. Worked examples are given using images of H&E stained H400 cell line cultures.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationMedical Image Understanding and Analysis - 21st Annual Conference, MIUA 2017, Proceedings
    EditorsVictor Gonzalez-Castro, Maria Valdes Hernandez
    PublisherSpringer
    Pages718-730
    Number of pages13
    ISBN (Print)9783319609638
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 22 Jun 2017
    Event21st Annual Conference on Medical Image Understanding and Analysis, MIUA 2017 - Edinburgh, United Kingdom
    Duration: 11 Jul 201713 Jul 2017

    Publication series

    NameCommunications in Computer and Information Science
    Volume723
    ISSN (Print)1865-0929

    Conference

    Conference21st Annual Conference on Medical Image Understanding and Analysis, MIUA 2017
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    CityEdinburgh
    Period11/07/1713/07/17

    Bibliographical note

    Funding Information:
    This work was supported by the EPSRC through funding under grant EP/M023869/1, “Novel context-based segmentation algorithms for intelligent microscopy”.

    Keywords

    • Graph theory
    • Histological image processing
    • Mereotopology

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