title: A software system to record and analyze digitized cell images.
abstract: This paper describes basic software for digitization and processing of microscopic cell images used at the Department of Clinical Cytology at Uppsala University Hospital. A family of programs running on a PDP-8 minicomputer which is connected to a Leitz Orthoplan microscope with two image scanners, one diode-array scanner and a moving-stage photometer, is used for data collection. The digitized image data is converted by converted by conversion program to IBM compatible format. The data structures for image processing and statistical evaluation on the IBM system are also described. Finally, some experiences from the use of the software in cytology automation are discussed.
mesh_terms: D003585:Cell Biology; D003201:Computers; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement; D007256:Information Systems; D010363:Pattern Recognition, Automated; D010783:Photometry / Q000379:methods