Quantification of immunohistochemical staining by color translation and automated thresholding

Analytical and Quantitative Cytology and Histology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 107-113

  Ruifrok, Arnout C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

color thresholding; color translation; computer assisted; image processing; immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; HEMATOXYLIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JEJUNUM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

3,3'-DIAMINOBENZIDINE; ANIMALS; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; HEMATOXYLIN; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JEJUNUM; MICE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030961503     PISSN: 08846812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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