Fractal analysis of a breast carcinoma - Presentation of a modern morphometrical tool;Fraktale analyse eines mammakarzinoms - Vorstellung einer modernen morphometrischen methode

Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 148, Issue 14, 1998, Pages 335-337

  Sedivy, R ^a   Windischberger, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Breast carcinoma; Fractal analysis; Morphometry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; FEMALE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE PROCESSING; MORPHOMETRICS; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR GROWTH;

AGED; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CELL DIVISION; FEMALE; FRACTALS; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE;

EID: 0031707422     PISSN: 00435341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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