title: Boundary location from an initial plan: the bead chain algorithm.
abstract: A new boundary finding method is described and applied to a problem in morphometric cytology. The method is shown to offer several advantages over existing boundary locating techniques. Some experimental results are presented.
authors.affiliation: MEMBER, IEEE, Department of Electrical Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22901; Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, NJ 077.
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Gritton
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Parrish