Effect of Ultrafast Papanicolaou staining on nuclear and textural features in breast cancer cytology

Analytical and Quantitative Cytology and Histology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 361-367

  Einstein, Andrew J ^a,b   Yang, Grace C H ^a   Silberfarb, Joseph B ^a,b   Gil, Joan ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Image analysis, Computer assisted; Morphometry; Stains and staining

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOPSY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, LOBULAR; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; CELL NUCLEUS; COLORING AGENTS; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MATHEMATICS;

EID: 0030797054     PISSN: 08846812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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