Keywords
Hematoxylin-Eosin staining, Digital pathology, Image processing, SLIC
Quantitative output variables
In this section, the evaluation process of the proposed algorithm is provided. This process includes gathering ground truth data and the outputs of our algorithm on that data. The histology slides were scanned on a Hamamatsu NanoZoomer C9600. These histology samples were obtained from breast tissue. Figure 4 shows two input images and their corresponding results. According to those results, lumen regions are colored with green, epithelium regions are colored in red and nuclei are colored in blue. As a consequence, expressing the real borders of the main structures in H&E images enable pathologist to examine the cells easily. Colorized structures by the proposed algorithm seem more remarkable and distinguishable for doctors.
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