학술논문

Cell Segmentation in Digitized Pap Smear Images Using an Ensemble of Fully Convolutional Networks
Document Type
Conference
Source
2021 IEEE Signal Processing in Medicine and Biology Symposium (SPMB) Medicine and Biology Symposium (SPMB), 2021 IEEE Signal Processing in. :1-6 Dec, 2021
Subject
Bioengineering
Signal Processing and Analysis
Image segmentation
Convolution
Microprocessors
Signal processing algorithms
Computer architecture
Transforms
Prediction algorithms
Language
ISSN
2473-716X
Abstract
This paper presents a method that provides reliable performance regarding cell segmentation in digitized Pap smear images. Since our final goal is the early detection of cervical cancer using scanned smear images, the proper segmentation of cells is of utmost importance. Our approach uses segmentation predictions from fully convolutional networks (FCNs) in addition to the original scanned image as its input. Our method transforms these input images to a final segmentation using a dedicated FCN architecture. Thus, our approach can be considered an ensemble-based one and outperforms state-of-the-art segmentation algorithms, achieving close to 93% accuracy and a Dice score of more than 69%.