Sensitivity of Seescan TV image analysis in discriminating between normal, dysplastic and malignant oral smears

Analytical and Quantitative Cytology and Histology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 218-222

  Mollaoglu, Nur ^a,d   Cowpe, Jonathan George ^b   Potts, A John ^c  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Computer assisted; Image analysis; Mouth neoplasms; Seescan

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DYSPLASIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEUKOPLAKIA; MOUTH TUMOR; OPTICAL DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMEAR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DNA, NEOPLASM; EPITHELIUM; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MOUTH MUCOSA; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TELEVISION;

EID: 0034125059     PISSN: 08846812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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