Computer-derived nuclear features compared with axillary lymph node status for breast carcinoma prognosis

Cancer

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 172-179

  Wolberg, William H ^a   Street, W Nick ^b   Mangasarian, Olvi L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Department of Computer Science   (United States)

^c University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast carcinoma; Computer analysis; Lymph nodes; Machine learning; Nuclei; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CELL NUCLEUS; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LYMPH NODES; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; SEER PROGRAM; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031586054     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19970625)81:3<172::AID-CNCR7>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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