Nearest-neighbor classification for identification of aggressive versus nonaggressive low-grade astrocytic tumors by means of image cytometry- generated variables

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 532-537

  Decaestecker, Christine ^b   Salmon, Isabelle ^b   Dewitte, Olivier ^b   Camby, Isabelle ^b   Van Ham, Philippe ^b   Pasteels, Jean Lambert ^b   Brotchi, Jacques ^b   Kiss, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b NONE

Author keywords

astrocytoma; chromatin pattern; Feulgen staining; image cytometry; nearest neighbor classification; ploidy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CANCER GRADING; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONTENT; FEMALE; FEULGEN STAINING; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE CYTOMETRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PLOIDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL TIME; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION;

EID: 0031020139     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1997.86.3.0532     Document Type: Article

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