Discrimination of complex histopathological tumour profiles by experienced and inexperienced observers

Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 477-479

  Landini, Gabriel ^a   Geake, John G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Complexity; Epithelial dysplasia; Fractals; Oral cancer; Tumour shape; Visual perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031282333     PISSN: 09042512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0714.1997.tb00019.x     Document Type: Article

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