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Epithelial Cell Segmentation in Histological Images of Testicular Tissue Using Graph-Cut
Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Science and Technology, Mathematics and Computer Science, Department of Information Technology, Division of Visual Information and Interaction. Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Science and Technology, Mathematics and Computer Science, Department of Information Technology, Computerized Image Analysis and Human-Computer Interaction.
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.
Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Science and Technology, Mathematics and Computer Science, Department of Information Technology, Division of Visual Information and Interaction. Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Science and Technology, Mathematics and Computer Science, Department of Information Technology, Computerized Image Analysis and Human-Computer Interaction. (Centre for Image Analysis)
2013 (English)In: Image Analysis and Processing – ICIAP 2013: Part II, 2013, p. 201-208Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

Computerized image processing has provided us with valuable tools for analyzing histology images. However, histology images are complex, and the algorithm which is developed for a data set may not work for a new and unseen data set. The preparation procedure of the tissue before imaging can significantly affect the resulting image. Even for the same staining method, factors like delayed fixation may alter the image quality. In this paper we face the challenging problem of designing a method that works on data sets with strongly varying quality. In environmental research, due to the distance between the site where the wild animals are caught and the laboratory, there is always a delay in fixation. Here we suggest a segmentation method based on the structural information of epithelium cell layer in testicular tissue. The cell nuclei are detected using the fast radial symmetry filter. A graph is constructed on top of the epithelial cells. Graph-cut optimization method is used to cut the links between cells of different tubules. The algorithm is tested on five different groups of animals. Group one is fixed immediately, three groups were left at room temperature for 18, 30 and 42 hours respectively, before fixation. Group five was frozen after 6 hours in room temperature and thawed. The suggested algorithm gives promising results for the whole data set.

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2013. p. 201-208
Series
Lecture Notes in Computer Science, ISSN 0302-9743 ; 8157
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Medical Image Processing
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URN: urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-210299DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-41184-7_21ISI: 000329811200021ISBN: 978-3-642-41183-0 (print)ISBN: 978-3-642-41184-7 (print)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:uu-210299DiVA, id: diva2:661891
Conference
17th International Conference on Image Analysis and Processing (ICIAP), Naples, Italy, September 9-13, 2013
Available from: 2013-11-05 Created: 2013-11-05 Last updated: 2015-06-03Bibliographically approved
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1. Computerized Cell and Tissue Analysis
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2015 (English)Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

The latest advances in digital cameras combined with powerful computer software enable us to store high-quality microscopy images of specimen. Studying hundreds of images manually is very time consuming and has the problem of human subjectivity and inconsistency. Quantitative image analysis is an emerging field and has found its way into analysis of microscopy images for clinical and research purposes. When developing a pipeline, it is important that its components are simple enough to be generalized and have predictive value. This thesis addresses the automation of quantitative analysis of tissue in two different fields: pathology and plant biology.

Testicular tissue is a complex structure consisting of seminiferous tubules. The epithelial layer of a seminiferous tubule contains cells that differentiate from primitive germ cells to spermatozoa in a number of steps. These steps are combined in 12 stages in the cycle of the seminiferous epithelium in the mink. The society of toxicological pathology recommends classifying the testicular epithelial into different stages when assessing tissue damage to determine if the dynamics in the spermatogenic cycle have been disturbed. This thesis presents two automated methods for fast and robust segmentation of tubules, and an automated method of staging them. For better accuracy and statistical analysis, we proposed to pool stages into 5 groups. This pooling is suggested based on the morphology of tubules. In the 5 stage case, the overall number of correctly classified tubules is 79.6%.

Contextual information on the localization of fluorescence in microscopy images of plant specimen help us to better understand differentiation and maturation of stem cells into tissues. We propose a pipeline for automated segmentation and classification of the cells in a whole cross-section of Arabidopsis hypocotyl, stem, or root. As proof-of-concept that the classification provides a meaningful basis to group cells for fluorescence characterization, we probed tissues with an antibody specific to xylem vessels in the secondary cell wall. Fluorescence intensity in different classes of cells is measured by the pipeline. The measurement results clearly show that the xylem vessels are the dominant cell type that exhibit a fluorescence signal.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Uppsala: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, 2015. p. 63
Series
Digital Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Science and Technology, ISSN 1651-6214 ; 1262
Keywords
Image processing, Cell, Tissue, Segmentation, Classification, Histology
National Category
Medical Image Processing Computer and Information Sciences
Research subject
Computerized Image Processing
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-252425 (URN)978-91-554-9269-4 (ISBN)
Public defence
2015-06-12, Room 2446, Polacksbacken, Lägerhyddsvägen 2, Uppsala, 09:15 (English)
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Available from: 2015-06-03 Created: 2015-05-06 Last updated: 2018-01-11

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