SEEDED REGION GROWING BASED DETECTION of CELLS in FISH BLOOD STAINED with NATT-HERRICK


Incetas M. O., DEMİRCİ R., YAVUZCAN H. G., TANYERİ U., Veske E.

22nd IEEE Signal Processing and Communications Applications Conference (SIU), Trabzon, Turkey, 23 - 25 April 2014, pp.1471-1474 identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Conference Paper / Full Text
  • Volume:
  • Doi Number: 10.1109/siu.2014.6830518
  • City: Trabzon
  • Country: Turkey
  • Page Numbers: pp.1471-1474
  • Gazi University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

To specify haematological parameters is a routine procedure so that state of fish health while aqua culturing could be determined. So, important information related to diagnosis and treatment can be obtained by determining them. Natt & Herrick's stain solution is the most commonly method for determining haematological parameters. It is quite difficult and time-consuming to specify count of cells and to asses blood samples taken by the solution at microscope environment as a visually judgment. In this study, an automated method independent of user intervention based on seeded region growing for specifying cell related to fish blood with Natt & Herrick's stain solution is developed. To evaluate of performance of proposed method, 90 images of different species of fish (rainbow trout, sea bream) prepared with Natt & Herrick's stain solution by 100x zoom ratio are used. Results obtained proposed method determines cells with 97% accuracy.