An Image Analysis-Based Approach for Automated Counting of Cancer Cell Nuclei in Tissue Sections

Cytometry Part A

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 30-42

  Loukas, Constantinos G ^a,b,c   Wilson, George D ^a   Vojnovic, Borivoj ^a   Linney, Alf ^b  

^a MOUNT VERNON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell counting; Edge detection; Histology; Image analysis; Principal component analysis; Segmentation; Thresholding

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN A; KI 67 ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; AUTOMATION; CANCER CELL; CELL COUNT; CELL PROLIFERATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TISSUE SECTION;

EID: 0346243996     PISSN: 15524922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.10060     Document Type: Article

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