The use of the Decision Tree Technique and image cytometry to characterize aggressiveness in World Health Organization (WHO) grade II superficial transitional cell carcinomas of the bladder

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 178, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 274-283

  Decaestecker, Christine ^a   Van Velthoven, Roland ^b   Petein, Michel ^b   Janssen, Thierry ^c   Salmon, Isabelle ^c   Pasteels, Jean Lambert ^a   Van Ham, Philippe ^a   Schulman, Claude ^c   Kiss, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b JULES BORDET INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

^c ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

computer assisted method; Decision Tree Technique; DNA ploidy; Feulgen staining; histopathological classification; image cytometry; superficial transitional cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CARCINOMA; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER INVASION; CYTOMETRY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLOIDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA;

EID: 0029670413     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9896(199603)178:3<274::AID-PATH478>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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