Counting mitoses by image processing in feulgen stained breast cancer sections: The influence of resolution

Cytometry

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 135-140

  Belien J A M ^a   Baak, J P A ^a   Van Diest, P J ^a   Van Ginkel, A H M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Automatic evaluation; Breast cancer; Counting; Image analysis; Mitoses; Prognosis; Spatial resolution

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BREAST CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEULGEN STAINING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CELL COUNT; COLORING AGENTS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MITOSIS; ROSANILINE DYES; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 0030981142     PISSN: 01964763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0320(19970601)28:2<135::AID-CYTO6>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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