A user-oriented software for cytological image analysis. Application to automatic DNA content measurement of thyroid cells.

More and more physicians and researchers in biology and image processing and analysis are using and developing methods which involve image analysing systems: image analysis permits replacement of qualitative subjective evaluation of cytological and histological specimens by quantitative methods. The purpose of our work was to provide a software which would fulfil constraints set by different users. This software is based on the following features: an automated cytology oriented architecture, a standard user interface and a selectable user mode. The system has been used to build a protocol for DNA content measurement on thyroid cells.