Inventors:
Tolga Tasdizen - Salt Lake City UT, US
Nisha Ramesh - Salt Lake City UT, US
Mohamed Salama - Salt Lake City UT, US
International Classification:
G06K 9/34
Abstract:
A method of identifying individual cells in an image of a cytological preparation. The method includes the steps of obtaining an image of a cytological preparation including a plurality of cells; identifying a first region of the image, the first region having a region boundary encompassing at least one lobe, wherein the first region includes at least one cell; detecting at least one circle within the first region, where the at least one circle substantially covers the at least one lobe of the first region; and if the first region has more than one circle, splitting the region into at least two subregions.