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Easy methods for segmentation of biological images.

In the previous two posts we saw how to use Scikit Image to perform some basic image processing. This post will introduce you to image segmentation, one of the most important steps in image analysis. I am going to cover some of the “traditional” methods that work well in many situations. These methods require adaptation […]
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Image analysis made easy with Scikit Image! Part 2 – image filters

In the first part of this series, we looked at how to open images and perform some basic manipulations using Scikit Image. This second part will introduce you to digital image filters! Digital filters for image analysis Often we need to perform some operation on our images. For example, we may want to reduce noise, […]
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Image analysis made easy with Scikit Image! (part 1)

This post introduces Scikit Image, as a great tool to create automated pipelines for image analysis. In this part, I cover some basic operations such as cropping and histogram manipulation.
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Binary trees as a simple approach to image classification.

Binary trees are a simple, yet powerful machine learning tool used for classification. In this post, we will use them to classify images of breast cancer.