Are nuclear texture features a suitable tool for predicting non-organ- confined prostate cancer?

Journal of Urology

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 258-262

  Mairinger, T ^a   Mikuz, G ^a   Gschwendtner, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Nuclear texture; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

DNA; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER STAGING; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PLOIDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE ADENOCARCINOMA; PROSTATECTOMY;

EID: 0032851930     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005392-199907000-00078     Document Type: Article

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