Are sampling and hierarchical segmentation future tools for automated quantitative immunochemistry in oncology
Résumé
Image analysis offers to pathologists a modern and attractive way of immunohistochemical quantification. However, the introduction of this technic in routine practice requires a full automation and standardization of handling, which goes together with a stabilization and standardization of the staining procedures. Two strategies of hierarchical segmentation are presented and discussed taking histological sections of breast carcimona as an example : i) low resolution; ii) high resolution.