A semi-automatic software tool for batch processing of yeast colony images

0356817 - ÚTIA 2011 RIV AT eng C - Conference Paper (international conference)
Schier, Jan - Kovář, Bohumil
A semi-automatic software tool for batch processing of yeast colony images.
Proceedings of the Eighth IASTED International Conference on Signal Processing, Pattern Recognition, and Applications. Innsbruck: The International Association of Science and Technology for Development (IASTED), 2011 - (Zhang, J.), s. 206-212. ISBN 978-0-88986-865-6.
[Eighth IASTED International Conference on Signal Processing, Pattern Recognition, and Applications (SPPRA). Innsbruck (AT), 16.02.2011-18.02.2011]
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT(CZ) 1M0567
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z10750506
Keywords : yeast colonies * Petri dish * Image segmentation * Fast radial transform
Subject RIV: JC - Computer Hardware ; Software
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A software application for batch counting of yeast colonies in images of Petri dishes, based on the fast radial transform by Loy and Zelinsky, is introduced in the paper. The motivation to develop our own tool, was based on the requirement to reuse the imaging equipment already existing in the laboratory, as well as the possibility to adapt the ap- plication to the needs of the laboratory. The tool is designed to process image sets prepared beforehand in the darkroom and to automate the process of counting as much as possible. The tool operates either in a fully automatic mode, or provides an interactive editor for correction of the machine processing result. The performance of the tool has been evaluated using a test set of 245 images. The application is available for download or can be requested from the authors of the paper, in both cases free of charge.
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