Centred contact density functions for the statistical analysis of random sets. A stereological study on benign and malignant glandular tissue using image analysis

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 183, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 158-169

  Mattfeldt, T ^a   Schmidt, V ^a   Reepschlager D ^b   Rose, C ^a   Frey, H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^c Department for Computer Science   (Germany)

Author keywords

Boolean model; Breast cancer; Image analysis; Microscopy; Pathology; Prostatic cancer; Random sets; Statistical test; Stereology; Stochastic geometry

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; MEDICAL IMAGING; SET THEORY; STATISTICAL TESTS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; TISSUE;

BOOLEAN MODELING; BREAST CANCER; CONTACT DENSITY; GLANDULAR TISSUE; IMAGE-ANALYSIS; PORE SPACE; PROSTATIC CANCER; RANDOM SET; STEREOLOGY; STOCHASTIC GEOMETRY;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; STATISTICS; STEREOLOGY;

EID: 0029816070     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.1996.00080.x     Document Type: Article

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