Active Contour Method for Segmentation of the Glands in Colon Histology Images

The needs of modern medical diagnostics increasingly set new research directions and allow to improve current technologies. Gland segmentation is an important step on the way to automate the diagnosis of pathogenic changes in the colon. Without rapid and correct diagnosis it is not possible to take appropriate treatment. A small number of specialists, long education of future experts and widening from year to year the number of specialized probe commissioned cause significant lengthening of waiting for results and negatively affect the quality of the research. In this work we developed and presented gland segmentation algorithm can automate the most time consuming elements of the diagnostic process.