Automatic analysis of the in vitro micronucleus test on V79 cells

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis

Volumn 413, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 57-68

  Frieauff, W ^a   Potter Locher F ^a   Cordier, A ^a   Suter, W ^a  

^a NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Image analysis; In vitro; Micronucleus test; Neural network; V79 cell

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; MESYLIC ACID ETHYL ESTER;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; AUTOANALYSIS; CHINESE HAMSTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTOXICITY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; AUTOMATION; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MUTAGENS;

EID: 0344783791     PISSN: 13835718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1383-5718(98)00016-3     Document Type: Article

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