Journal of Histochemistry & Cytochemistry · 1974 · 18 citations · 0 references
EngineeringBiomedical EngineeringSystem DesignImage AnalysisPattern RecognitionVisual ComputingComputational GeometryMachine VisionComputer EngineeringComputer ScienceMedical Image ComputingCell EngineeringCell BiologyOptical Image RecognitionComputer VisionFast Serial ProcessorImage ArrayGray Scale ImagesMicroscope Image ProcessingCellular Neural NetworkBioimage AnalysisBiomedical ImagingComputational BiologyImage ProcessorSystems BiologyMedicineCell Detection
We show that the class of special purpose picture processors has common characteristics which set it apart from conventional general purpose computers. We argue for the implementation of a fast serial processor of gray scale images having easy access to a tessellated gray scale neighborhood, where the tessellation of a neighborhood is the movement of that neighborhood through the image array in some deterministic way. Such a machine would be very useful in an interactive system used for problems such as the design of effective procedures for automated cell classification.