Image processing, diagnostic information extraction and quantitative assessment in pathology

Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 93-106

  Santinelli, Alfredo ^a   Mazzucchelli, Roberta ^a   Colanzi, Paola ^a   Tinca, Antonela ^a   Montironi, Rodolfo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Image analysis; Pathology; Quantitation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE;

EID: 0036368947     PISSN: 15821838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1582-4934.2002.tb00314.x     Document Type: Article

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