International Science Community Association Research Journal of Recent Sciences 2277 - 2502 3 4 2014 April 2 Color Based Segmentation of White Blood Cells in Blood Photomicrographs Using Image Quantization 34 39 EN ZolfaghariZaferani Rashid 1 Faculty of Education And Consulting, Roudehen Branch, Islamic Azad University, Roudehen, IRAN Haji AliakbariNeda 2 HosseinRezaeiDolat Abadi 1 Islamic Azad University, Persian GULf International Educational Branch, Khuzestan, IRAN AliReza Eghbali 2 HassanHeidarySoltan Abadi 3 EspananiHamid Reza 1 Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Payam Noor University of Iran, Employee social security, Isfahan, IRAN Shirani Kobra 2 Department of Pharmacodynamy and Toxicology, School of Pharmacy, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, IRAN Khalilian Saadat 3 Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biological Science, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, IRAN Sadeghi Leila 4 Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Payam Noor University of Iran, Isfahan, IRAN YousefiBabadiVahid 5 Physiology Research Center, Isfahan Cardiovascular Research Center, Isfahan Cardiovascular Research Institute, Isfahan University of Medical AmraeaiEsmaiel 6 Bansal A. 1 Department of ECE, G.L.A. University, Mathura, UP, INDIA Agarwal R. 2 Department of EIED, Thapar University, Patiala, Punjab, INDIA Sharma R.K. 3 School of Mathematics and Computer Applications, Thapar University, Patiala, Punjab, INDIA Paria Mohammadiha 1 Dept. of Educational Administration, Faculty of Psychology and Social Science, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, IRAN Mahdi Shariatmadari 2 Fereshteh Kordestani 3 Bakht Azam 1 Department of Computer Science, Islamia College Peshawar, Peshawar, K.P, PAKISTAN Qureshi RashidJalal 2 Faculty of Computing, SZABIST, Dubai International Academic City, Dubai, U.A.E Zahoor Jan 3 Department of Pathology, Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar, K.P, PAKISTAN TajAli Khattak 4 > Research Paper 2013 8 17 2014 April 2 Generally for various diseases blood is used as an indicator. It is composed of three types of cells; Red blood Cells (RBC), White Blood Cells (WBC) and Platelets. Different types of white blood cells or leukocytes are counted in a sample blood smear and give necessary information about various hematological diseases. Evaluating a blood smear for WBC’s with the help of digital image processing is faster, easier and has contributed strongly in Computer Aided Diagnosis (CAD). In this work, we have focused on the segmentation of white blood cells in blood smear photomicrographs and proposed a novel technique for segmentation which can exploit color, size and shape features of different types of objects present in a blood smear photomicrographs. Copyright@ International Science Community Association