Simultaneous Segmentation of Leukocyte and Erythrocyte in Microscopic Images Using a Marker-Controlled Watershed Algorithm

Figure 6

Flowchart of image mark generation: (a) distance topographic maps of cells, (b) foreground marker, (c) modified distance topographic map, (d) colour map of the ridge line after the watershed [the ridge line as the background mark], and (e) [a new marker map is combined with foreground and background markers].

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