Fractal quantification of the microvasculature heterogeneity in cutaneous melanoma

Dermatology

Volumn 198, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 212-217

  Heymans, O ^a   Blacher, S ^b   Brouers, F ^b   Pierard G E ^b  

^a CHU SART TILMAN   (Belgium)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL TRIAL; DENSITY; DEVICE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MELANOMA; MICROSCOPY; MICROVASCULATURE; ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SKIN TUMOR; TISSUE SECTION; VASCULARIZATION;

FRACTALS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MELANOMA; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROSCOPY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032935937     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000018116     Document Type: Article

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