A computer image analysis system for microvessel density measurement in solid tumours

Angiogenesis

Volumn 5, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 15-20

  Goddard, Jonathan Charles ^a,b   Sutton, Christopher Derek ^a   Furness, Peter N ^a   Kockelbergh, Roger Clive ^a   O'Byrne, Kenneth John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Image analysis; Microvessel density

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; DIAMINOBENZIDINE;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MICROVASCULATURE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID TUMOR; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR MODEL;

BLOOD VESSELS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; NEOPLASMS; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 12244275679     PISSN: 09696970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021518315757     Document Type: Article

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