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Fuzzy Sets Applied to Image Processing and Quantification of Interstitial Fibrosis and Glomerular Size in Computer Assisted Microscopy

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The aim of the paper is to present the application of fuzzy sets to image processing and analysis of renal biopsies in light and confocal microscopy. Fuzzy segmentation was applied to processing of grey scale images. Colour images were processed by fuzzy-like approach. Segmented glomerular profiles and interstitial fibrosis were then quantitatively assessed. The mean glomerular volume and the degree of fibrosis were estimated in light microscopy. The volume of glomerular mesangium was assessed with a confocal microscope. Concluding, fuzzy processing makes morphometric studies of renal biopsies more practical for clinical diagnosis of diseases.

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  1. Chair and Department of Informatics and Statistics, Karol Marcinkowski University of Medical Sciences, 60-529, Poznan, Dabrowskiego 79

    Elzbieta Kaczmarek

  2. Chair and Department of Patomorphology, Karol Marcinkowski University of Medical Sciences, 60-355, Poznan, Przybyszewskiego 49

    Aldona Wozniak & Wieslawa Salwa-Zurawska

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  1. Elzbieta Kaczmarek
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  1. Polytechnical University of Madrid Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Medical Informatics Group, 28660, Boadilla del Monte (Madrid), Spain

    Jose Crespo  & Victor Maojo  & 

  2. Health Bioinformatics Unit, Institute of Health Carlos III, Ctra. de Majadahonda-Pozuelo Km.2, 28220, Majadahonda (Madrid), Spain

    Fernando Martin

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Kaczmarek, E., Wozniak, A., Salwa-Zurawska, W. (2001). Fuzzy Sets Applied to Image Processing and Quantification of Interstitial Fibrosis and Glomerular Size in Computer Assisted Microscopy. In: Crespo, J., Maojo, V., Martin, F. (eds) Medical Data Analysis. ISMDA 2001. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2199. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45497-7_18

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