Findings of computerised nuclear morphometry of papillary thyroid carcinoma in correlation with known prognostic factors

Journal of Experimental and Clinical Cancer Research

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 401-406

  Tseleni, S ^a   Kavantzas, N ^a,c   Yova, D ^b   Alexandratou, E ^b   Karydakis, V ^a   Gogas, J ^a   Davaris, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c Bioengineering Laboratory Dept of Elec Eng and Comp Sci Technical University of Athens ^*  (Greece)

Author keywords

Image analysis; Nuclear morphometry; Papillary thyroid carcinoma; Prognostic factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA;

EID: 0031404597     PISSN: 03929078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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