Application of photoshop-based image analysis to quantification of hormone receptor expression in breast cancer

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1559-1565

  Lehr, Hans Anton ^a,e   Mankoff, David A ^b   Corwin, David ^c   Santeusanio, Guiseppe ^d   Gown, Allen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DYNACARE LABORATORIES   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^e JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Estrogen receptor; Image analysis; Immunohistochemistry; Personal computer; Progesterone receptor; Quantitative

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; DEXTRAN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; HORMONE RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; OBSERVER VARIATION; OPTICAL DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE HISTOCHEMISTRY; RECEPTOR DENSITY; TISSUE HOMOGENATE;

EID: 0030690307     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002215549704501112     Document Type: Article

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