International Journal of Advances in Intelligent Informatics
Vol 4, No 3 (2018): November 2018

Fusion noise-removal technique with modified dark-contrast algorithm for robust segmentation of acute leukemia cell images

Nor Hazlyna Harun (School of Computing, College of Arts and Science, Universiti Utara Malaysia)
Juhaida Abu Bakar (School of Computing, College of Arts and Science, Universiti Utara Malaysia)
Hamirulaini’ Hambali (School of Computing, College of Arts and Science, Universiti Utara Malaysia)
Nurnadia Mohd Khair (Faculty of Engineering Technology, Universiti Malaysia Perlis)
Mohd. Yusoff Mashor (School of Mechatronics Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Perlis)
Roseline Hassan (Department of Hematology, Universiti Sains Malaysia)



Article Info

Publish Date
11 Nov 2018

Abstract

Segmentation is the major area of interest in the field of image processing stage. In an automatic diagnosis of acute leukemia disease, the crucial process is to achieve the accurate segmentation of acute leukemia blood image. Generally, there are three requirements of image segmentation for medical purposes, namely; accuracy, robustness and effectiveness which have received considerable critical attention. As such, we propose a new (modified) dark contrast enhancement technique to enhance and automatically segment the acute leukemic cells. Subsequently, we used a fusion 7 × 7 median filter as well as the seeded region growing area extraction (SRGAE) algorithm to minimise the salt-and-pepper noise, apart from preserving the post-segmentation edge. As per the outcomes, the accuracy, sensitivity, and specificity of this method were 91.02%, 83.68%, and 91.57% respectively.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

IJAIN

Publisher

Subject

Computer Science & IT

Description

International journal of advances in intelligent informatics (IJAIN) e-ISSN: 2442-6571 is a peer reviewed open-access journal published three times a year in English-language, provides scientists and engineers throughout the world for the exchange and dissemination of theoretical and ...