Validation of the novel indices of nuclear pleomorphism, polarity and spatial distribution in the grading of urothelial carcinoma

Analytical and Quantitative Cytology and Histology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 53-62

  Sabo, Edmond ^a   Gibrat, Myriam ^b   Sova, Yanina ^a   Stein, Avi ^a   Resnick, Murray B ^a  

^a CARMEL MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Autocorrelation; Bladder cancer; Fast Fourier transform; Grade; Morphometry; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANISOKARYOSIS INDEX; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INVASION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL POLARITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LAMINA PROPRIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR POLYMORPHISM; NUCLEAR SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION INDEX; ORIENTATION INDEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UROGENITAL TRACT CANCER; UROTHELIUM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGED; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL POLARITY; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE CYTOMETRY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

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EID: 0037324348     PISSN: 08846812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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