title: Commercial image analysers and the characterization of microscopical images.
abstract: This review surveys some of the current approaches to the characterization of microscopical images using commercially available image analysers. The role of image pre-processing and segmentation is considered, together with the characterization of images by optical density, as well as size and shape. The newer analysers are capable of investigating relationships between grey-levels in small areas of the image ('texture-analysis'); some of the descriptive approaches in this latter field are briefly outlined.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006652:Histological Techniques; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008853:Microscopy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013690:Television