Differentiation of low grade non-Hodgkin's lymphoma by digital image processing

Analytical and Quantitative Cytology and Histology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 121-128

  Kneitz, Susanne ^a,c   Ott, German ^b   Albert, René ^a   Schindewolf, Thomas ^a   Müller Hermelink, Hans Konrad ^b   Harms, Harry ^a  

^a Laboratory for Image Processing   (Germany)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

image analysis, computer assisted; non Hodgkin's lymphoma; stains and staining

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CHROMATIN; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; DIFFERENTIATION; FEULGEN STAINING; GIEMSA STAIN; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AZURE STAINS; COLORING AGENTS; EOSINE YELLOWISH-(YS); HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROSANILINE DYES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0029944744     PISSN: 08846812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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