A novel spectral microscope system: Application in quantitative pathology

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 207-217

  Papadakis, Antonis ^a,b   Stathopoulos, Efstathios ^a   Delides, George ^a   Berberides, Konstantinos ^b   Nikiforidis, George ^c   Balas, Costas ^a,d,e  

^a INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^e Forth Photonics Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Estrogen receptors; Microscopy; Quantitative pathology; Spectral imaging; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CELLS; MICROSCOPES; TISSUE;

SPECTRAL MICROSCOPE SYSTEMS;

PATHOLOGY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CALIBRATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MICROSCOPE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STAINING; TISSUE SECTION;

ALGORITHMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CALIBRATION; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MICROSCOPY; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037298163     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2002.807648     Document Type: Article

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