Microvessel density counting in breast cancer: Slides vs. digital images

Analytical and Quantitative Cytology and Histology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 15-20

  Cruz, D ^a   Valenti C ^a   Dias, A ^a   Seixas, M ^a   Schmitt, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Blood vessels; Breast neoplasms; Capillaries; Microvessel density counting

Indexed keywords

AVIDIN; BIOTIN; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8 ANTIBODY; PEROXIDASE;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CAPILLARY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DENSITY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNIFICATION RADIOGRAPHY; MICROSCOPY; MICROVASCULATURE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; HUMANS; IMAGE CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROCIRCULATION; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; OBSERVER VARIATION;

EID: 0035112719     PISSN: 08846812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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