Computer-assisted classification of HEp-2 immunofluorescence patterns in autoimmune diagnostics

Autoimmunity Reviews

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 298-304

  Sack, Ulrich ^a   Knoechner, Stephan ^a   Warschkau, Holger ^b   Pigla, Ullrich ^c   Emmrich, Frank ^a   Kamprad, Manja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b BIOZOL GmbH   (Germany)

^c Biotectid GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autoantibodies; Image processing; Immune diagnostics; Immunofluorescence; Laboratory automatization

Indexed keywords

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HEP 2 CELL; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INTERPHASE; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; REVIEW; STAINING;

EID: 0043264310     PISSN: 15689972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1568-9972(03)00067-3     Document Type: Article

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