Desired segmentation of the image is a pivotal problem in image processing. Segmenting the left ventricle (LV) in magnetic resonance images (MRIs) is essential for evaluation of cardiac function. For the segmentation of cardiac MRI several methods have been proposed and implemented. Each of them has advantages and restrictions. A modified region-based active contour model was applied for segmentation of LV chamber. A new semi-automatic algorithm was suggested calculating the appropriate Balloon force according to mean intensity of the region of interest for each image. The database is included of 2,039 MR images collected from 18 children under 18. The results were compared with previous literatures according to two standards: Dice Metric (DM) and Point to Curve (P2C). The obtained segmentation results are better than previously reported values in several literatures. In this study different points were used in cardiac cycle and several slice levels and classified into three levels: Base, Mid. and Apex. The best results were obtained at end diastole (ED) in comparison with end systole (ES), and on base slice than other slices, because of LV bigger size in ED phase and base slice. With segmentation of LV MRI based on novel active contour and application of the suggested algorithm for balloon force calculation, the mean improvement of DM compared to Grosgeorge et al. is 19.6% in ED and 49.5% in ES phase. The mean improvement of P2C compared with the same literature respectively for ED and ES phase is 43.8% and 39.6%
The second most common and preventable form of cancer among women worldwide is cervical cancer in which the signs for this disease can be detected in the early Pap smear screening of cervical cells. To improve the efficiency of expert diagnosis, we will need to automate the feature extraction of cervical cancer cells by the means of image processing techniques. This article employs image processing techniques to get the special features of normal, precancerous and cancerous cell images. We extract spectral features for cervical cancer cell detection. This article uses the noise decrease filters, OTSU threshold to make it ready for processing through 2-D Fourier and logarithmic transforms. By drawing the linear plot, we will be able to extract the feature of normal, precancerous and cancerous cells according to the texture and morphology automatically. These linear plots will be unique which can separate the cells in three groups of normal, precancerous and cancerous cells. This separation is done with 100% accuracy due to the unique linear plots. The experiment shows that extracted unique features for each cell will provide evidences for diagnoses even in cytopathology images in which the nucleus and cytoplasm segmentation algorithms suffer from complex overlaying cells.
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