Detection of 'rare event' fetal erythroblasts in maternal blood using automated microscopy

Early Human Development

Volumn 47, Issue SUPPL., 1996, Pages

  Tanke, H J ^a   Oosterwijk, J C ^a   Mesker, W E ^a   Ouwerkerk V Velzen, M C M ^a   Knepfle C F H M ^a   Wiesmeyer, C C ^a   V Ommen, G J B ^a   Kanhai, H H H ^a   Vrolijk, J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Automated microscopy; Fetal erythroblasts; Image processing; Immunocytochemistry; Rare event detection

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN F;

ALGORITHM; CELL SELECTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOLOGY; ERYTHROBLAST; FEMALE; FETUS CELL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MATERNAL BLOOD; MICROSCOPY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; STAINING;

AUTOANALYSIS; CELL COUNT; CELL SEPARATION; ERYTHROBLASTS; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0030461819     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3782(96)01829-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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