Automated detection of circular marker particles in synchrotron phase contrast X-ray images of live mouse nasal airways for mucociliary transit assessment

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Highlights：

• The non-invasive measurement of mucociliary transit system for CF is required.

• The automatic circular particles is challenging in Synchrotron X-ray images.

• A noble method to automatically count the circular shapes is proposed.

• Robust detection accuracy of 92.7% F-measurement is achieved.

摘要

•The non-invasive measurement of mucociliary transit system for CF is required.•The automatic circular particles is challenging in Synchrotron X-ray images.•A noble method to automatically count the circular shapes is proposed.•Robust detection accuracy of 92.7% F-measurement is achieved.

论文关键词：Circle detection,Phase contrast,Sectored ring mask,Edge projection,Cystic fibrosis

论文评审过程：Received 29 August 2016, Revised 30 November 2016, Accepted 19 December 2016, Available online 21 December 2016, Version of Record 26 December 2016.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2016.12.026