Ploidy determination on histologic sections of breast cancer specimens by image analysis using mathematical correction algorithms

Modern Pathology

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 751-761

  Gschwendtner, Andreas ^a   Mairinger, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Image cytometry; Mathematical correction; Ploidy; Section thickness; Tissue section measurements

Indexed keywords

CELL DNA;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMETRY; DNA CONTENT; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PLOIDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANEUPLOIDY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL NUCLEUS; DIPLOIDY; DNA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MATHEMATICS; MICROTOMY; PLOIDIES; POLYPLOIDY;

EID: 0030823974     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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