Comparison of Pathologist-Detected and Automated Computer-Assisted Image Analysis Detected Sentinel Lymph Node Micrometastases in Breast Cancer

Modern Pathology

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1159-1163

  Weaver, Donald L ^a,c   Krag, David N ^a   Manna, Edward A ^a   Ashikaga, Taka ^a   Harlow, Seth P ^a   Bauer, Kenneth D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b ChromaVision Medical Systems Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cytokeratin; Image analysis; Immunohistochemistry; Micrometastases; Sentinel lymph nodes

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; BREAST CANCER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCREENING; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TUMOR CELL;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; PATHOLOGY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 0242691639     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.MP.0000092952.21794.AD     Document Type: Article

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