A rule-based expert system for the automatic classification of DNA 'ploidy' histograms measured by the CAS 200 image analysis system

Communications in Clinical Cytometry

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 39-46

  Marchevsky, A M ^a   Truong, H ^a   Tolmachoff, T ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

automatic classification; DNA 'ploidy'; image cytometry; rule based expert system

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMETRY; EXPERT SYSTEM; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LUNG CANCER; PLOIDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE;

AUTOMATION; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DNA, NEOPLASM; EXPERT SYSTEMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PLOIDIES;

EID: 0030969488     PISSN: 01964763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0320(19970215)30:1<39::AID-CYTO6>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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