Reproducibility and accuracy of interactive segmentation procedures for image analysis in cytology

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 136-148

  Einsthin, A J ^a   Gil, J ^a   Wallenstein, S ^a   Bodian, C A ^a   Sanchez, M ^a,b   Burstein, D E ^a   Wu, H S ^a   Liu, Z ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ENGLEWOOD HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Cytology; Image analysis; Interobserver reproducibility; Intraobserver reproducibility; Monte Carlo methods; Morphometry; Segmentation; Variance component models

Indexed keywords

CYTOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

ACCURACY; IMAGE-ANALYSIS; INTEROBSERVER REPRODUCIBILITY; MONTECARLO METHODS; MORPHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITIES; SEGMENTATION; VARIANCE-COMPONENTS MODELS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030734530     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.1997.2510808.x     Document Type: Article

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