Assessment of tumor cell cohesion in vivo using pattern interpretation by cellular automata

Analytical and Quantitative Cytology and Histology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 199-204

  Smolle, Josef ^a   Hofmann Wellenhof, Rainer ^a   Fink Puches, Regina ^a   Auersperg, Nelly ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

pattern interpretation by cellular automata; pattern recognition

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEMALE; HAMSTER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR GROWTH; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CELL COUNT; CELL DIVISION; CRICETINAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MITOSIS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0029980148     PISSN: 08846812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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