@inproceedings{20c856662aa04c548f66b605731afa8a,
title = "Image enhancement of optical images for binary system of melanocytes and keratinocytes",
abstract = "Automatic determination of the cell shapes of large numbers of melanocytes based on optical images of human skin models have been largely unsuccessful (the complexities introduced by dendrites and the melanin pigmentation over the keratinocytes to give unclear outlines). Here, we present an image enhancement procedure for enhancing the contrast of images with removing the non-uniformity of background. The brightness is normalized also for the non-uniform population density of melanocytes.",
keywords = "Melanocytes, Otsu's method, cell shape, local histogram equalization, microscope, outlines, skin model",
author = "S. Takanezawa and A. Baba and Y. Sako and Y. Ozaki and A. Date and K. Toyama and S. Morita",
year = "2013",
doi = "10.1117/12.2018681",
language = "English",
isbn = "9780819493040",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
booktitle = "Nano-Bio Sensing, Imaging, and Spectroscopy",
note = "SPIE Nano-Bio Sensing, Imaging, and Spectroscopy ; Conference date: 20-02-2013 Through 23-02-2013",
}