Quantification of nuclear pleomorphism using an asymptotic fractal model

Analytical and Quantitative Cytology and Histology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 167-176

  Landini, Gabriel ^a   Rippin, John W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cell nucleus; fractals; mouth neoplasms

Indexed keywords

TUMOR MARKER;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; DNA CONTENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOUTH TUMOR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL NUCLEUS; FRACTALS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOUTH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0029972397     PISSN: 08846812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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