Distribution of gland-like structures in human gallbladder adenocarcinomas possesses fractal dimension

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 189-195

  Waliszewski, Przemyslaw ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinomas; Complexity; Fractal; Fractal dimension; Gallbladder neoplasia; Image analysis

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; GALLBLADDER CARCINOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; FRACTALS; GALLBLADDER NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0032814635     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9098(199907)71:3<189::AID-JSO10>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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