Computer output display of cells and cell features

摘要

In recent years, several computer programs have been presented for the extraction of features from biological data in the form of digitized pictures. Most of these programs have dealt with the extraction of features from chromosomes or simple cells. In this paper a procedure and computer program is presented which locates and extracts features from a nerve cell characterized by having a cytoplasm, nucleus, and a nucleolus. The procedure design and use is facilitated because it is implemented in an interactive system where computer output display of digitized cells, histogram of cell optical density, and extracted cell features can be displayed.