Image analysis of human corneal endothelial cells based on fractal theory

Zhi Zhang; Qingming Luo; Shaoqun Zeng; Xinyu Zhang; Dexiu Huang; Weiguo Chen

doi:10.1117/12.364395

17 September 1999 Image analysis of human corneal endothelial cells based on fractal theory

Zhi Zhang, Qingming Luo, Shaoqun Zeng, Xinyu Zhang, Dexiu Huang, Weiguo Chen

Proceedings Volume 3863, 1999 International Conference on Biomedical Optics; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.364395
Event: International Symposium on Biomedical Optics, 1999, Wuhan, China

Abstract

A fast method is developed to quantitatively characterize the shape of human corneal endothelial cells with fractal theory and applied to analyze microscopic photographs of human corneal endothelial cells. The results show that human corneal endothelial cells possess the third characterization parameter-- fractal dimension, besides another two characterization parameter (its size and shape). Compared with tradition method, this method has many advantages, such as automatism, speediness, parallel processing and can be used to analyze large numbers of endothelial cells, the obtained values are statistically significant, it offers a new approach for clinic diagnosis of endothelial cells.

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Zhi Zhang, Qingming Luo, Shaoqun Zeng, Xinyu Zhang, Dexiu Huang, and Weiguo Chen "Image analysis of human corneal endothelial cells based on fractal theory", Proc. SPIE 3863, 1999 International Conference on Biomedical Optics, (17 September 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.364395

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