An assessment of digital image analysis to measure fibrosis in liver biopsy specimens of patients with chronic hepatitis C

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 712-718

  O'Brien, M J ^a   Keating, N M ^a   Elderiny, S ^a   Cerda, S ^a   Keaveny, A P ^a   Afdhal, N H ^a   Nunes, D P ^a  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Classification; Fibrosis ratio; Knodell; Validity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STAGING;

BIOPSY; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0034523124     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/D7AU-EYW7-4B6C-K08Y     Document Type: Article

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