Quality assurance issues in DNA image cytometry

Communications in Clinical Cytometry

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 101-107

  Marchevsky, Alberto ^a   Tolmachoff, Tanya ^a   Lee, Stephen ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA; Image cytometry; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

CYTOMETRY; DNA DETERMINATION; IMAGING; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW;

DNA, NEOPLASM; HUMANS; IMAGE CYTOMETRY; PLOIDIES; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 0029893056     PISSN: 01964763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0320(19960615)26:2<101::AID-CYTO1>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Review

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