Computer-assisted discrimination of glioblastomas

Analytical and Quantitative Cytology and Histology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 369-375

  Scarpelli, Marina ^a,c   Montironi, Rodolfo ^a   Thompson, Deborah ^b   Bartels, Peter H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c Ospedale Regionale Torrette   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain neoplasms; Computer assisted; Diagnosis; Glioblastoma

Indexed keywords

TOLONIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CANCER GRADING; CELL NUCLEUS; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LINEAR MODELS;

EID: 0030754728     PISSN: 08846812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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