Mitosis Extraction in Breast-Cancer Histopathological Whole Slide Images

Abstract. In this paper, we present a graph-based multi-resolution approach for mitosis extraction in breast cancer histological whole slide images. The proposed segmentation uses a multi-resolution approach which reproduces the slide examination done by a pathologist. Each resolution level is analyzed with a focus of attention resulting from a coarser resolution level analysis. At each resolution level, a spatial refinement by semi-supervised clustering is performed to obtain more accurate segmentation around edges. The proposed segmentation is fully unsupervised by using domain specific knowledge.

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2010
• Where: ISVC
• Authors: Vincent Roullier, Olivier Lezoray, Vinh-Thong Ta, Abderrahim Elmoataz
• Keywords: Applied Computing, Graph-based Multi-resolution Approach, ISVC 2010, Multi-resolution Approach, Resolution Level