Practical image quality evaluation for whole slide imaging scanner Conference Paper


Authors: Hossain, M. S.; Nakamura, T.; Kimura, F.; Yagi, Y.; Yamaguchi, M.
Editors: Yatagai, T.; Aizu, Y.; Matoba, O.; Awatsuji, Y.; Luo, Y.
Title: Practical image quality evaluation for whole slide imaging scanner
Conference Title: Biomedical Imaging and Sensing Conference
Abstract: Whole slide imaging (WSI) scanner scans pathological specimens to produce digital slides to use in pathology practice, research and computational pathology which enables monitor-based diagnosis and image analysis. However, the scanned image is sometimes insufficient in quality such as focusing-error and noise. Therefore, a quality evaluation method is obligatory for practical use of WSI system. In previous work, referenceless quality evaluation technique was proposed for this purpose but some artefacts (i.e. tissue-fold, air-bubble) in slide would also be detected as false positives, while they are useless. In this paper, we proposed a method for the practical system to assess WSI quality with eliminating false detection due to the artefacts. Firstly, support vector machine (SVM) was utilized for detecting ROIs with artefacts and then the image quality was evaluated excluding detected ROIs. Through the experiments, the effectiveness of proposed system has been demonstrated. © 2018 SPIE.
Keywords: scanning; quality control; pathology; medical imaging; image quality; support vector machines; false positive; false detections; image quality evaluation; pathology specimens; whole slide imaging scanner; practical systems; quality evaluation; quality evaluation method; scanned images; whole slide imaging (wsi)
Journal Title Proceedings of SPIE
Volume: 10711
Conference Dates: 2018 Apr 25-27
Conference Location: Yokohama, Japan
ISBN: 0277-786X
Publisher: SPIE  
Date Published: 2018-01-01
Start Page: 10711 1S
Language: English
DOI: 10.1117/12.2316764
PROVIDER: scopus
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Notes: Conference Paper -- Export Date: 1 August 2018 -- Source: Scopus
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