Automated identification and quantitative morphometry of the senile plaques of Alzheimer's disease

Analytical and Quantitative Cytology and Histology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 123-138

  Hibbard, Lyndon S ^a,b   McKeel Jr , Daniel W ^a,c,d  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FOCUS Development Group   (United States)

^c Department of Pathology ^*

^d Alzheimer's Disease Research Center

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; amyloid; Bayesian analysis; computer assisted image processing; pattern recognition; senile plaque

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; BRAIN BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIGITAL COMPUTER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENILE PLAQUE; SILVER STAINING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID; BRAIN; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0030938688     PISSN: 08846812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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