Banda-Gamboa H, Ricketts I, Cairns A, Hussein K, Tucker J H, Husain N
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Dundee University, Scotland.
Anal Cell Pathol. 1992 Jan;4(1):25-48.
Cancer of the uterine cervix is one of the more common female cancers and a major source of premature female mortality. UK deaths in 1987 exceeded 2000. To reduce these rates, national screening programmes have been introduced using the Papanicolaou method. In screening for cancer, the examination of specimens is an intensive and expensive task. Its high cost has led to a number of attempts to automate the process, either fully or partially. Over the last 30 years, various experimental prescreening systems have been developed for the diagnosis of cytological samples including the use of image processing techniques. This paper presents a historical overview of automation in cervical cytology and the status of current developments for automated cytological diagnosis.
子宫颈癌是较为常见的女性癌症之一，也是导致女性过早死亡的主要原因。1987年英国死于子宫颈癌的人数超过2000人。为降低死亡率，已采用巴氏涂片法推行全国性筛查计划。在癌症筛查中，标本检查是一项密集且昂贵的任务。其高昂成本促使人们多次尝试实现该过程的全部或部分自动化。在过去30年里，已开发出各种用于诊断细胞学样本的实验性预筛查系统，包括使用图像处理技术。本文介绍了宫颈细胞学自动化的历史概况以及当前自动化细胞学诊断的发展现状。
