CALCULATING MYELIN SHEATH THICKNESS WITH WATERSHED ALGORITHM FOR BIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS

Authors

  • Kenneth Huang Thurgood Marshall College, UC San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr. La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
  • Yunxia Ji Suqian College, Jiangsu University, 399 South Huanghe, Jiangsu 223800, P.R. China
  • Steed Huang Suqian College, Jiangsu University, 399 South Huanghe, Jiangsu 223800, P.R. China
  • Qi Chen Shanghai Institute of Technology, 100 Haiquan Road, Shanghai 201418, P.R. China

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11113/jt.v78.8633

Keywords:

Brain Cell, watershed algorithm, sphingomyelin, image processing

Abstract

In this paper, the brief reviews of the significance of the myelin thickness to various root courses of the diseases for a human being, and the similarities between the human and the lab mouse being researched extensively so far are presented. Once we establish the necessity for a biological statistical analysis of the myelin thickness with regard to the particular category of the brain cell, we can then develop a mixed algorithm based on the watershed principle and the binaryzation principle that can be used to automatically process the scanning electron microscope pictures in batches. The initial analysis does indicate that the mixed method improved efficiency of data processing while not overlooking some important medical diagnostic factors.  

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Published

2016-05-16

Issue

Vol. 78 No. 5-6: Environmental and Civil Engineering Technology

Section

Science and Engineering

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CALCULATING MYELIN SHEATH THICKNESS WITH WATERSHED ALGORITHM FOR BIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS. (2016). Jurnal Teknologi (Sciences & Engineering), 78(5-6). https://doi.org/10.11113/jt.v78.8633