Diagnostic approach of effusion cytology using computerized image analysis

Journal of Experimental and Clinical Cancer Research

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 49-56

  Athanassiadou, P ^a   Kavantzas, N ^a   Davaris, P ^a   Gonidi, M ^a   Liossi, A ^a   Nakopoulou, L ^a   Petrakakou, E ^a   Athanassiades, P ^a  

^a NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma cells; Atypical mesothelial cells; Effusions; Image cytometry

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EFFUSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE CYTOMETRY; MESOTHELIUM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM SMEAR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ASCITIC FLUID; CELL NUCLEUS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE CYTOMETRY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; NEOPLASMS; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0036229174     PISSN: 03929078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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