How important is tumour shape? quantification of the epithelial-connective tissue interface in oral lesions using local connected fractal dimension analysis

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 210-217

  Landini, G ^a   Rippin, J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Fractal dimension; Fractals; Morphometry; Tumour shape

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR VOLUME;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPITHELIUM; FRACTALS; HUMANS; MOUTH MUCOSA; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS;

EID: 0029898270     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9896(199606)179:2<210::AID-PATH560>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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