Computerized image analysis of morphologically transformed and nontransformed Syrian hamster embryo (SHE) cell colonies: Application to objective SHE cell transformation assay scoring

Carcinogenesis

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1965-1972

  Ridder, Gregg M ^a   Stuard, Sharon B ^a   Kerckaert, Gary A ^a   Cody, David B ^a   LeBoeuf, Robert A ^a   Isfort, Robert J ^a  

^a PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASSAY; AUTOANALYSIS; CAMERA; CELL CULTURE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYRIAN HAMSTER;

ANIMALS; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CELLS, CULTURED; CRICETINAE; EMBRYO; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MESOCRICETUS;

EID: 0031416646     PISSN: 01433334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/carcin/18.10.1965     Document Type: Article

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