A dataset of microscopic peripheral blood cell images for development of automatic recognition systems.

This article makes available a dataset that was used for the development of an automatic recognition system of peripheral blood cell images using convolutional neural networks [1]. The dataset contains a total of 17,092 images of individual normal cells, which were acquired using the analyzer CellaVision DM96 in the Core Laboratory at the Hospital Clinic of Barcelona. The dataset is organized in the following eight groups: neutrophils, eosinophils, basophils, lymphocytes, monocytes, immature granulocytes (promyelocytes, myelocytes, and metamyelocytes), erythroblasts and platelets or thrombocytes.

Recognition of peripheral blood cell images using convolutional neural networks.

Background And Objectives: Morphological analysis is the starting point for the diagnostic approach of more than 80% of hematological diseases. However, the morphological differentiation among different types of normal and abnormal peripheral blood cells is a difficult task that requires experience and skills. Therefore, the paper proposes a system for the automatic classification of eight groups of peripheral blood cells with high accuracy by means of a transfer learning approach using convolutional neural networks.