@inproceedings{e26e1fc612f548c4830800b43655b3e0,
title = "Color thinning with applications to biomedical images",
abstract = "A scheme for cell extraction in color histological images based edge detection and thinning is considered. An algorithm for thinning of color images is proposed that is based on thinning of pseudo gray-scale image. To extract accurately gray-scale levels, we propose a new coordinate system for color representation: system PHS, where P is a vector of color distance, H is a hue (chromaticity), S is a relative saturation. This coordinate system allows one to take into account specifics of histological images. Comparison of image thinning in other coordinate color systems is given that shows the image thinning in PHS system produces a rather high-quality skeleton of the objects in a color image. The proposed algorithm was tested on the histological images.",
keywords = "Biomedical images, Color spaces, Image thinning",
author = "A. Nedzved and Y. Ilyich and S. Ablameyko and Seiichiro Kamata",
year = "2001",
language = "English",
isbn = "9783540425137",
volume = "2124",
series = "Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)",
publisher = "Springer Verlag",
pages = "256--263",
booktitle = "Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)",
note = "9th International Conference on Computer Analysis of Images and Patterns, CAIP 2001 ; Conference date: 05-09-2001 Through 07-09-2001",
}