A Water Immersion Algorithm for Cytological Image Segmentation

A non-parametric multi-resolution method is presented for cell segmentation and some of the advantages it has over other techniques, when applied to this application, are outlined. The proposed algorithm is an extension on the method of Wilson and Spann [6] and uses a technique based on the concept of water immersion which ensures closed boundaries. Experiments with cervical cells have shown that the algorithm is robust, fast and accurate.