Computerized quantitative color analysis for histological study of pulmonary fibrosis

Anticancer Research

Volumn 22, Issue 6 C, 2002, Pages 3889-3894

  Carai, Antonio ^a   Diaz, Giacomo ^a   Santa Cruz, Rosa ^a   Santa Cruz, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computerized quantitative color analysis; Histopathology; Pulmonary fibrosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CAMERA; COLOR; COMPUTER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG FIBROSIS; MICROSCOPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

CALIBRATION; COLOR; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 0036875966     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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