Color image analysis of cervical neoplasia using RGB computer color specification

Analytical and Quantitative Cytology and Histology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 289-294

  Nunobiki, Osamu ^a   Sato, Misako ^a   Taniguchi, Emiko ^a   Tang, Weihua ^a   Nakamura, Misa ^a   Utsunomiya, Hitoshi ^a   Nakamura, Yasushi ^a   Mori, Ichiro ^a   Kakudo, Kennichi ^a  

^a WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Cervix neoplasms; Color; Computer assisted; Image analysis; Papanicolaou stain; Red green blue color specification

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CELL NUCLEUS; COLOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

CARCINOMA IN SITU; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL NUCLEUS; COLOR; CYTOPLASM; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0036800260     PISSN: 08846812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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