Table 3 Comparison between conventional preprocessing methods.

From: Automatic enhancement preprocessing for segmentation of low quality cell images

Methods

Mouse liver cell image dataset

iRPE cell image dataset

Average

Cytoplasm

Membrane

Nucleus

Average

Background

Membrane

w/o preprocessing

57.90±1.33

71.38±4.80

40.32±3.84

62.01±2.65

62.86±0.37

76.09±0.09

49.64±0.69

Median filter (kernel size=3)

57.94±1.72

72.55±3.36

39.53±2.81

61.74±3.76

58.10±0.46

73.76±0.21

42.44±0.93

Median filter (kernel size=9)

50.01±2.29

67.59±5.25

32.15±4.22

50.29±4.56

39.38±0.16

62.43±1.18

16.33±1.30

Gaussian filter (kernel size=3)

57.62±1.17

71.79±4.07

40.18±3.95

60.90±1.72

59.50±0.23

74.67±0.18

44.33±0.32

Gaussian filter (kernel size=9)

56.32±1.80

71.12±3.96

38.81±2.62

59.04±3.91

49.80±1.26

69.10±0.74

30.50±3.18

Bilateral filter (kernel size=3)

58.38±1.40

72.60±3.90

40.66±3.47

61.86±2.79

62.88±0.39

75.81±0.31

49.95±0.49

Bilateral filter (kernel size=9)

58.41±1.29

72.22±4.34

40.75±4.10

62.90±2.49

62.90±0.39

76.05±0.06

49.74±0.76

Sobel filter (kernel size=3)

55.13±1.57

70.18±4.42

37.62±2.67

57.59±2.65

50.22±0.64

72.42±0.12

28.02±1.39

Sobel filter (kernel size=9)

55.84±1.95

70.04±3.52

38.62±2.77

58.87±3.05

34.93±0.12

69.86±0.25

0.00±0.00

Frangi/vesselness filter

53.09±0.18

69.43±1.38

32.59±2.41

57.24±3.79

55.27±2.29

72.83±0.93

37.71±2.76

AEP

59.27±1.81

72.40±3.92

42.44±2.27

62.98±3.57

63.81±0.39

75.98±0.32

51.64±0.71

  1. Significant values are in bold.