The nuclear morphometry by image analysis in the histopathologic diagnosis of lung cancer

Journal of Experimental and Clinical Cancer Research

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 201-206

  Kavantzas, N ^a   Lazaris, A Ch ^a   Chatzigianni, E ^a   Davaris, P S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Differential diagnosis; Image analysis; Non small cell lung cancer; Nuclear morphometry; Small cell lung cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER PATIENT; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL NUCLEUS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0033942476     PISSN: 03929078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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