| abstract |
A method comprises: receiving, via a processor, an image depicting a tissue; quantifying, via the processor, the image based on: segmenting, via the processor, the image into a plurality of segments; identifying, via the processor, a plurality of histological elements in the segments; forming, via the processor, a network graph comprising a plurality of nodes, wherein the histological elements correspond to the nodes; measuring, via the processor, a feature of the network graph; performing, via the processor, a transformation on the image based on the feature; determining, via the processor, a non-parametric feature of the image based on the transformation; saving, via the processor, the non-parametric feature onto a database. |