Automatic quantification of viability in epithelial cell cultures by texture analysis

Quantification of live cells in phase contrast microscopy images allows in vivo assessment of the viability of cultured cells. An automatic screening procedure seems advisable because of the large number of cells that must be counted to achieve reasonable accuracy. This paper presents a method that quantifies necrosis in cell cultures by texture analysis of microscope images.

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